Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . zo H HH 03 Ofa m O a m HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 403 addition of between 300 and 400 acres to the landsconnected with the institution The first Boardof Trustees consisted of Charles N. Holden,Oliver Everett and Henry W. Sherman, with A. Kilbourne as the first Superintendent, andDr. Richard A. Dewey (afterwards Superintend-ent of the Eastern Hospital at Kankakee) as hisAssistant. Dr. Kilbourne remained at the headof the institution until his death, Feb. 27, 1890,covering a period of nineteen years. Dr. Kil-bourne was succeeded by Dr. Henry

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . zo H HH 03 Ofa m O a m HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 403 addition of between 300 and 400 acres to the landsconnected with the institution The first Boardof Trustees consisted of Charles N. Holden,Oliver Everett and Henry W. Sherman, with A. Kilbourne as the first Superintendent, andDr. Richard A. Dewey (afterwards Superintend-ent of the Eastern Hospital at Kankakee) as hisAssistant. Dr. Kilbourne remained at the headof the institution until his death, Feb. 27, 1890,covering a period of nineteen years. Dr. Kil-bourne was succeeded by Dr. Henry J. Brooks,and he, by Dr. Loewy, in June, 1893, and thelatter by Dr. John B. Hamilton (former Super-vising Surgeon of the United States Marine Hos-pital Service) in 1897. Dr. Hamilton died inDecember, 1898. (See Hamilton, John B.) Thetotal value of State property, June 30, 1894, was$882,, of which $701,330 was in land andbuildings. Under the terms of the law estab-lishing the hospital, provision is made for thecare therein of th

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