John Dean Caton papers, 1826-1947 (bulk 1826-1895).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 9,500 items; 33 containers; 13.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Basnett, Thomas -- Correspondence
- Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878 -- Correspondence
- Catlin, Thomas D. -- Correspondence
- Caton, Laura A. -- Correspondence
- Caton, William P. -- Correspondence
- Churchill, Seldon -- Correspondence
- Churchill, W. C. -- Correspondence
- Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874 -- Correspondence
- French, Austin C. -- Correspondence
- Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833-1910 -- Correspondence
- Gatiss, George H. -- Correspondence
- Howell, L. -- Correspondence
- Joy, James F. (James Frederick), 1810-1896 -- Correspondence
- Judd, Norman B. (Norman Buel), 1815-1878 -- Correspondence
- Matheson, Joel A. -- Correspondence
- O'Riley, Henry, 1806-1886 -- Correspondence
- Sibley, Hiram, 1807-1888 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Nathan -- Correspondence
- Sweet, E. D. L. -- Correspondence
- Treat, Samuel Hubbel, 1811-1887 -- Correspondence
- Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896 -- Correspondence
- Walker, Pinkney Houston, 1815-1885 -- Correspondence
- White, Horace, 1834-1916 -- Correspondence
- Williams, Norman -- Correspondence
- Wilson, J. J. S. -- Correspondence
- Illinois. Supreme Court
- Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company
- Illinois Starch Company
- Josiah Macy's Sons -- Correspondence
- Oneida Solar Salt Company
- Courts -- Illinois
- Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
- Nature study
- Practice of law -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Telegraph
- Voyages and travels
- Illinois -- Commerce
- Businessmen
- Jurists
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches, draft of unpublished writings including an unpublished memoir, legal records, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Caton's activities as a businessman and lawyer in Chicago and as associate and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Documents his work as chief stockholder and director of the Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company, Illinois Starch Company, Oneida Solar Salt Company, and other business enterprises; investor in western mines; traveler; and author writing about nature studies and Illinois judicial affairs.
Correspondents include Thomas Basnett, Sidney Breese, Thomas D. Catlin, Seldon Churchill, W.C. Churchill, Ezra Cornell, Austin C. French, Melville Weston Fuller, George H. Gatiss, L. Howell, Josiah Macy's Sons, James F. Joy, Norman B. Judd, Joel A. Matheson, Henry O'Riley, Hiram Sibley, Nathan Smith, E.D.L. Sweet, Samuel Hubbel Treat, Lyman Trumbull, Pinkney Houston Walker, Horace White, Norman Williams, J.J.S. Wilson, and Caton family members including Caton's wife, Laura A. Caton, and his brother, William P. Caton.
Businessman and jurist.
Collection material in English.
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