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LEST WE FORGET
noble and self-sacrificing efforts of those meek and worthy women—the Sisters of Providence.
Signed:
John M. Kitchen
P. H. Jameson
Indianapolis, Aug. 14, 1861."
Under date of January 10, 1863, the Journal published entire the Governor's Message (eight and a half columns), in concluding which the Governor said:
"Your attention is invited to the report of Drs. Kitchen and Jameson, and to the just acknowledgment therein made of the services of the "Sisters of Providence."
With the caption "The Indiana Hospitals," a very appreciative narrative appeared March 23, 1863. By way of introduction, the editor stated:
"We publish the following report of a special committee of the House of Repre-
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