TY  - GEN
AU  - Caton,John Dean
TI  - John Dean Caton papers,
KW  - Basnett, Thomas
KW  - Breese, Sidney,
KW  - Catlin, Thomas D.
KW  - Caton, Laura A.
KW  - Caton, William P.
KW  - Churchill, Seldon
KW  - Churchill, W. C.
KW  - Cornell, Ezra,
KW  - French, Austin C.
KW  - Fuller, Melville Weston,
KW  - Gatiss, George H.
KW  - Howell, L.
KW  - Joy, James F.
KW  - Judd, Norman B.
KW  - Matheson, Joel A.
KW  - O'Riley, Henry,
KW  - Sibley, Hiram,
KW  - Smith, Nathan
KW  - Sweet, E. D. L.
KW  - Treat, Samuel Hubbel,
KW  - Trumbull, Lyman,
KW  - Walker, Pinkney Houston,
KW  - White, Horace,
KW  - Williams, Norman
KW  - Wilson, J. J. S.
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Supreme Court
KW  - Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company
KW  - Illinois Starch Company
KW  - Josiah Macy's Sons
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Oneida Solar Salt Company
KW  - Courts
KW  - Mines and mineral resources
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Nature study
KW  - Practice of law
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Telegraph
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Jurists
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Correspondence, speeches, draft of unpublished writings including an unpublished memoir, legal records, financial records, scrapbook, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Caton's activities as a businessman and lawyer in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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029.3
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