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CATALOGUE. 
Library  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
CIRCULAR. 
More  than  twenty  years  ago  the  College  of  Pharmacy  commenced  the 
formation  of  a  library  for  the  use  of  its  members  and  their  apprentices, 
when  by  the  liberality  of  some  of  the  early  friends  of  the  Institution,  and 
a  small  appropriation  from  the  College,  about  500  volumes  were  collected  ; 
soon  after  this  effort  the  College  procured  a  lot  on  ground  rent,  and  erected 
their  present  Hall  on  Filbert  street  above  7th.  This  large  expenditure  has 
prevented  the  College  from  doing  any  thing  more  for  the  Library  except 
to  bind  periodicals  taken  in  exchange  for  our  Journal,  until  the  past  year  ; 
when  finding  ourselves  entirely  clear  of  the  debt  incurred  in  building  the 
Hall ;  and  our  School  of  Pharmacy,  for  which  the  building  was  mainly 
erected  to  accommodate  and  promote,  being  in  a  very  prosperous  condition, 
we  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  next  most  important  object  to 
promote  the  interest  of  our  profession  is  the  building  up  of  our  Library, 
and  extending  its  usefulness,  by  collecting  together  everything  we  can 
procure  in  relation  to  the  early  as  well  as  present  history  of  Pharmacy  and 
its  collateral  branches  ;  and  as  the  means  of  the  College  are  still  small,  we 
earnestly  request  from  our  members,  and  others  interested  in  the  pros- 
perity of  our  useful  Institution,  such  books  as  they  may  be  willing  to  spare 
from  their  own  collections,  which  will  be  thankfully  received  and  placed 
in  our  new  cases  recently  prepared  for  that  purpose. 
Respectfully, 
Samuel  F.  Troth,  No.  630  Market  street.  "J 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  cor.  of  9th  and  Lombard.  Committee 
Edward  Parrish,  corner  of  8th  and  Arch.  I  on 
Samuel  N.  James,  No.  630  Market  street.  j  Library* 
Samuel  S.  Garrigues,  No.  108  N.  5th  street.  J 
Philada.,  Zd  mo.  7th,  1859. 
*  A  few  lines  per  Blood's  Dispatch,  informing  either  of  the  above  mentioned 
Committee  when  and  where  to  send  for  books,  will  be  promptly  attended  to. 
