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Elizabeth  Marshall. 
Am.  .lour  Pharm. 
June,  1904 
Christopher  Marshall  in  the  early  decades  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury was  one  of  the  very  few  druggists  in  Philadelphia.  His  shop 
is  described  by  the  annalist  of  the  time  as  being  "  In  a  two-storied 
building  with  a  projecting  roof,  from  which  was  suspended  a  large 
gilded  ball."  This  sign  was  characteristic  of  this  early  shop,  which 
was  usually  referred  to  as  being  "  at  the  sign  of  the  golden  ball." 
In  this  modest  shop,  at  46  Chestnut  Street,  near  Second,  Christo- 
pher Marshall  kept  on  hand  such  medicinal  preparations  as  were 
used  by  the  medical  men  of  those  days,  in  their  practice,  and  also 
sold  such  household  remedies,  herbs,  spices  and  tea,  as  were  thought 
necessary  to  supply  the  modest  wants  of  the  pioneer  residents  of 
Philadelphia. 
Charges  Marshal. 
The  First  President  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  from  a  Water- 
Color  in  Possession  of  Charles  Marshall,  Germantown. 
Having  amassed  what  was,  at  that  time,  considered  to  be  a  liberal 
competence,  Christopher  Marshall  retired  from  active  business  in 
1 771,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  three  sons,  Benjamin,  Christopher, 
Jr.,  and  Charles  Marshall.  The  business  was  conducted  at  46  Chest- 
nut Street  by  Benjamin  Marshall  &  Brothers  until  the  death  of  the 
elder  brother,  Benjamin,  in  1778,  when  the  business  was  continued 
by  Christopher,  Jr.,  and  Charles  Marshall. 
It  is  probable  that  this  store  was  one  of  the  first  in  which  phy- 
sicians' prescriptions  were  compounded  ;  exactly  when  this  innova- 
