nd which has already been made by thousands."

The inception of that noble work, and noble monument of American
patriotism, the United States Sanitary Commission, had its date in the
early days of the war. We find in all the editorial writings of Mrs.
Livermore, for the year 1861, constant warm allusions to this
organization and its work, which show how strongly it commended itself
to her judgment, how deeply she was interested in its workings, and how
her heart was stirred by an almost uncontrollable impulse to become
actively engaged with all her powers in the work.

In the New Covenant for December 18, 1861, we find over the signature of
Mrs. Livermore, an earnest appeal to the women of the Northwest for aid,
in furnishing Hospital supplies for the army. A "Sanitary Committee,"
had been formed in Chicago, to co-operate with the United States
Sanitary Commission, which had opened an office, and was prepared to
receive and forward supplies. These were designed to be sent, almost
exclusively, to Western hospitals, and a Soldiers' Festival was at that
time being held for the purpose of collecting aid, and raising funds for
this Committee, to use in its charitable work.

This Committee did not long preserve a separate existence. About the
beginning of the year 1862, the Northwestern branch of the United States
Sanitary Commission was organized at Chicago, composed of some of the
leading and most influential citizens of that city, and others in the
Northwestern States. It at once became a power in the land, an
instrument of almost incalculable good.

Soon afterward, Mrs. Livermore, and Mrs. A. H. Hoge, one of the most
earnest, able and indefatigable of the women working in connection with
the Sanitary Commission, and a resident of Chicago, were appointed
agents of the Northwestern Commission, and immediately commenced their
labors.

The writer is not aware that a complete and separate sketch of either
the joint or individual labors of these ladies exists. For the outline
of those of Mrs. Livermore, dependence is mostly made upon her
communications to the New Covenant, and other Journals--upon articles
not written with the design of furnishing information of personal
effort, so much, as to give such statements of the soldier's need, and
of the various efforts in that direction, as together with appeals, and
exhortations to renewed benevolence and sacrifice, might best keep the
public mind constantly stimulated and exci