Rather than accept an assignment to San Francisco , Hamilton resigned from MHS on November 13 , 1896 .
Rather than accept an assignment to San Francisco , Hamilton accepted the position of Superintendent of the Northern Illinois State Hospital for the Insane in Elgin , Illinois .
Rather than accept an assignment to San Francisco , Hamilton resigned from MHS on November 13 , 1896 and accepted the position of Superintendent of the Northern Illinois State Hospital for the Insane in Elgin , Illinois .