John Dean Caton Papers 1826-1947 (bulk 1826-1895)

Smith, Nathaniel, 1759-1833

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Williams, Norman S., 1947-

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O'Rieley, Henry, 1806-1886.

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Howell, L.

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Gatiss, George H.

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Williams, Norman

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Josiah Macy's Sons

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Howell, L.

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Illinois. Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state's highest tribunal, deriving its basic functions from territorial courts (e.g., General Court (1809-1814); Supreme Court of the Illinois Territory (1814-1818)). Appellate jurisdiction was exercised by the Court except for the original jurisdiction assigned by the 1818 Constitution in revenue, mandamus, and impeachment cases (withdrawn under the 1870 Constitution). Original jursidiction now extends to such cases as those involving habeas corpus; prohibit...

Caton, William P.

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Treat, Samuel Hubbel, 1811-1887

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Illinois Supreme Court Justice, 1841-1855. U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District Illinois, 1855-1887. Died after 48 years of continuous judicial service. From the description of Papers, 1842-1874. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55941358 ...

Illinois Starch Company

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French, Austin C.

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Oneida Solar Salt Company

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Basnett, Thomas

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Joy, James F. (James Frederick), 1810-1896

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James F. Joy was born in Durham, New Hampshire in December 1810. He was a teacher in a country school before entering Harvard Law School. Joy was an instructor of Latin at Dartmouth College. He came to Detroit in 1836 and was admitted to the Michigan Bar one year later. For many years, beginning in 1837, he was a law partner of George F. Porter, in the firm Joy & Porter. Joy presently became involved in banking matters, and, in about the 1840s, in railroad activities, which were to dominate ...

Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895

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American judge, Illinois supreme court justice from 1848-1864. From the description of Letter : to T. Howell, 1852 Aug. 16. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937012 Businessman and jurist. From the description of John Dean Caton papers, 1826-1947 (bulk 1826-1895). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449127 Illinois lawyer, author, and state surpreme court chief justice, Caton resided in Ottawa, Illinois and later in Chicago. Fr...

Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833-1910

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Lawyer, Chicago, Illinois; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1863-1864; chief justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Lawrence Y. Sherman], Springfield, Ill., 1909 April 6. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30798421 Fuller graduated from Bowdoin College, in 1853, studied law at Harvard University and was admitted to the Maine bar in 1855. In 1856, he moved his practice to Chicago, where...

Smith, Nathan

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Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company

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White, Horace, 1834-1916

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Journalist and economist. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : to [Horton?], 1886 May 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805830 Journalist and editor for Chicago Tribune (1857-1874) and New York Evening Post (1881-1903). Author of several books including a biography of Lyman Trumbull. From the description of Letters, November 1863, July 30, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 145746010 From the desc...

Sibley, Hiram, 1807-1888

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Matheson, Joel A.

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Catlin, Thomas D.

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Churchill, Seldon

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Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia, Illinois; U.S. district attorney, 1827-1829; lieutenant colonel, Black Hawk War; U.S. senator, 1843-1845; Illinois House of Representatives, 1851-1852; Illinois Supreme Court justice, 1841-1843, 1857-1878. From the description of Letters, 1845, 1851, 1875. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418211 From the description of Papers re: election of 1858, 1849-1858. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418204 ...

Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880). From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513 Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); S...

O'Riley, Henry, 1806-1886

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Sweet, E. D. L.

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Wilson, J. J. S.

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Judd, Norman B. (Norman Buel), 1815-1878

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U.S. minister to Prussia, 1861-1865. Judd nominated Abraham Lincoln for President at the 1860 Republican National Convention. From the description of Letters, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 43798028 Chairman, Republican State Central Committee, Chicago, Ill. Judd nominated Abraham Lincoln for President at the 1860 Republican National Convention. From the description of Correspond...

Caton, Laura A.

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Churchill, W. C.

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Walker, Pinkney Houston, 1815-1885

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Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874

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Born 1807 in New Britain, N.Y., Cornell helped organize the Western Union Telegraph Co. and was a founder of Cornell University. Died 1874. From the description of Selected letters to Ezra Cornell pertaining to the Russian Extension Company in the Ezra Cornell papers [microform], 1864-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42067275 Telegraph magnate, philanthropist. From the description of Letter to F. Allen, 1868 April 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122535706 ...