102    MEMOIRS  OF  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
m  which  subjects  relating  to  their  business  and  its  objects  can 
be  discussed,  and  information  beneficial  and  instructive  to  the 
trade  communicated."  It  was  also  proposed  to  erect  a  School 
of  Pharmacy,  in  which  lectures  designed  especially  for  the  in- 
struction of  druggists  and  apothecaries  should  be  delivered. 
This  Committee  also  produced  a  Constitution  for  such  College, 
which  was  approved  and  signed  by  those  present.  Two  weeks 
thereafter  the  first  stated  meeting  was  held  and  officers  were 
elected.  Under  date  of  March  21st,  1822,  we  find  a  resolution 
adopted  changing  the  name  of  the  College  to  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  and  at  the  next  meeting  an  Act  of  Incor- 
poration, duly  authenticated  by  Joseph  Lawrence,  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  William  Marks,  Jr.,  Speaker  of  the 
Senate,  approved  March  30th,  1822,  by  Joseph  Heister,  Gov- 
ernor of  the  commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  was  read  and  ac- 
cepted by  the  newly  constituted  body  politic. 
The  first  President  of  the  College  was  Charles  Marshall,  who 
was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1744,  and  having  had  a  good  English 
and  classical  education  entered  into  partnership  with  his  father, 
Christopher  Marshall,  who  was  a  druggist  on  the  south  side  of 
Chestnut  street  above  Second  street.  Charles  Marshall  soon 
became  master  of  one  of  the  leading  stores  in  the  city,  and  by 
scrupulous  probity  of  character,  combined  with  great  urbanity 
of  manners,  secured  the  respect  and  affection  of  a  large  circle  of 
friends  and  customers.  After  being  many  years  in  business  and 
acquiring  an  ample  competence,  he  resigned  its  cares  to  his  son, 
though,  unfortunately,  still  retaining  his  connection  with  the 
firm,  which,  through  imprudence,  became  involved  in  bankruptcy, 
after  its  senior  member  was  far  beyond  the  period  of  life  at 
which  he  could  himself  repair  his  fortunes. 
In  1804,  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Marshall,  a  lady  of  singular 
good  sense  and  business  ability,  took  the  shattered  business  in 
hand  and  built  it  up  with  great  success,  supporting  the  family 
and  regaining  for  them  a  position  of  independence.  The  old 
store,  at  56  Chestnut  street,  afterwards  passed  into  the  hands 
of  Ellis  &  Morris,  who  were  the  immediate  predecessors  of 
Charles  Ellis  &  Co.    In  this  establishment  some  of  our  older 
