Caton, John Dean 1812-1895 creator mixed material monographic eng 9,500 33 13.2 Correspondence, speeches, draft of unpublished writings including an unpublished memoir, legal records, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Caton's activities as a businessman and lawyer in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. Open to research. 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 Jurists mm 78015396 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029.3 Open to research. DLC 790607 20260227111622.0 mm 78015396