166 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PHILADELPHIA 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 
At a stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Phila- 
delphia College of Pharmacy, held Fifth mo, 17, 1841, the 
following letter from Dr, Bache was read, accepted, and re- 
ferred to Warder Morris, Dillwyn Parrish, and Samuel 
F. Troth, with instructions to prepare the proper resolutions 
on the occasion, and report to the next meeting. 
April 15 th, 1841. 
44 To Henry Troth, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Trustees Phila- 
delphia College of Pharmacy. 
Dear Sir, — Having recently accepted a Professorship in 
the Jefferson Medical College, the arduous nature of my new 
duties makes it necessary that I should retire from the service 
of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. I therefore re- 
spectfully tender to the Trustees my resignation of the Pro- 
fessorship of Chemistry in the College. 
In taking this step, which dissolves my connection as a 
teacher with the College, I cannot omit to express my high 
sense of the importance of the objects of its members, and my 
ardent hope that the Institution may have a long career of 
prosperity. 
Very respectfully, 
Your obed't servant, 
Franklin Bache." 
The Board then proceeded to nominate candidates for the 
Professorship of Chemistry, vacated by the resignation of Dr. 
Bache; and on motion, it was 
Resolved, That a special meeting of the Board be called on 
the 31st inst, at 8 o'clock, P. M., in order to proceed to the 
election of a gentleman to fill the chair of Chemistry of the 
