04389cpcaa2200793 4500 mm 78015396 DLC 20260227111622.0 cr ||||||||||| 790607|||||||||||| eng mm 78015396 ms 62004603 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895. John Dean Caton papers, 1826-1947 (bulk 1826-1895). 9,500 items. 33 containers. 13.2 linear feet. 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 Correspondence, speeches, draft of unpublished writings including an unpublished memoir, legal records, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Caton's activities as a businessman and lawyer in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. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029 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. itoamc Jurists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029.3 39775 39775