g6  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.     { AFebJr°uaryP?™* 
photographer  of  Philadelphia.  The  portrait  is  an  enlargement  of 
the  one  published  in  the  November  Journal  in  connection  with  the 
biographical  sketch  of  Mr.  Shinn  by  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock.  The 
portrait  is  printed  on  Willis  and  Clements  best  platinum  paper, 
which  is  said  to  be  very  durable. 
The  portrait  was  an  admirable  likeness  of  Mr.  Shinn  and  the 
members  were  greatly  pleased  in  receiving  such  a  speaking  likeness 
of  the  late  treasurer.  It  was  unanimously  voted  that  the  thanks  of 
the  College  be  tendered  the  generous  donor. 
The  president  announced  that  the  death  of  Mr.  Shinn  occurred 
on  October  4th,  after  an  illness  of  a  few  hours. 
The  president  reappointed  the  following  named  gentlemen  to  the 
Committee  on  Legislation  :  M.  N.  Kline,  chairman ;  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  M.  I.  Wilbert,  William  Mclntyre,  W.  H.  Poley. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer,  on  behalf  of  Mrs.  Mary  Procter  Green, 
of  Florida,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Prof.  William  Procter,  Jr.,  pre- 
sented a  number  of  letters  from  the  correspondence  of  her  father, 
and  in  view  of  their  great  historic  value,  he  suggested  that  they 
be  carefully  preserved,  and  also  published  in  the  American  Journal 
of  Pharmacy,  and  that  suitable  acknowledgment  be  made  to  Mrs. 
Green,  which  was  approved. 
The  letters  are  as  follows  : — 
To  William  Procter,  Jr. 
Esteemed  Friend  :  On  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  it  has  become  our  pleasing  duty  to  inform  you  that  at  a 
special  meeting  of  that  body,  held  at  their  hall  last  evening,  you  were  unani- 
mously elected  Professor  of  Pharmacy  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  that  Col- 
lege. With  the  best  wishes  for  your  health,  and  for  the  successful  prosecution 
of  the  arduous  and  untried  duties  devolving  upon  the  station  you  have  been 
chosen  to  fill,  we  subscribe  ourselves,  your  friends. 
Thomas  P.  James, 
Chairman  of  Board  oj  Trustees. 
Edward  Parrish, 
Secretary. 
Philadelphia,  June  2d,  1846. 
(This  letter  bears  evidence  of  having  been  written  by  Edward 
Parrish,  with  the  exception  of  the  signature  of  Thomas  P.  James.) 
American  Philosophical  Society, 
Independence  Square, 
Philadelphia,  16th  April,  1847. 
Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  of  informing  you  that  you  have  been  this  day  elected 
