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members  were  brought  up,  who  now  delight  to  recall  their  recol- 
lections of  Charles  Marshall — ^'  his  tall  and  slender  form,  clear 
complexion,  blue  eyes,  graced  with  a  benignant  expression  of 
countenance,  heightened  in  its  effect  toward  the  close  of  life  by 
the  snowy  whiteness  of  his  hair,  which  in  ample  volume  descended 
nearly  to  his  shoulders.  His  costume  was  uniformly  plain  and 
equally  uniform  in  color,  being  the  drab  then  in  vogue  with  the 
Society  of  Friends,  of  which  he  was  a  consistent  and  life-long 
member." 
This  graphic  description  by  one  who  shared  his  society  has 
been  placed  on  record  by  the  College ;  on  a  previous  occasion,  it 
is  again  introduced  as  the  best  substitute  we  have  for  such  a  por- 
trait of  our  first  President  as  we  all  would  desire  to  see  gracing 
the  walls  of  our  New  Hall.* 
This  venerable  man,  in  a  communication  addressed  to  the 
College,  dated  12  mo.  30,  1823,  resigned  his  office  of  President, 
urging  his  advanced  age  and  defective  hearing  as  reasons  for 
desiring  to  be  relieved  of  its  cares,  but  offering  his  best  wishes 
for  the  prosperity  and  success  of  the  institution. 
At  the  following  annual  meeting,  the  choice  fell  upon  William 
Lehman,  formerly  First  Vice-President,  as  his  successor.  As  I 
find  no  biographical  notice  of  this  early  officer  of  the  College 
upon  its  minutes,  I  think  this  a  favorable  opportunity  to  place 
upon  record  some  account  of  him  and  of  his  cousin  Peter  K. 
Lehman,  already  introduced  in  this  essay.  These  gentlemen 
were  both  descended  from  Godfryd  Lehman,  who  came  to  this 
country  from  Saxony  and  settled  in  Germantown  in  1731. 
William  Lehman  was  born  in  Philadelphia  14th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1779.  His  grandfather.  Christian  Lehman,  is  spoken  of  as  an 
accomplished  linguist,  astronomer  and  mathematician,  a  friend 
and  correspondent  of  David  Kittenhonse.  William  Lehman 
was  educated  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  where,  after 
going  through  the  literary  course,  he  applied  himself  to  the 
study  of  medicine  and  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. He  did  not,  however,  practice  that  profession,  but  en- 
tered into  the  drug  business,  in  which  his  father  George  Leh- 
*  See  Memoir  of  Charles  Marshall  by  Dillwyn  Parrish,  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  Vol.  xxxvii,  page  241. 
