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College, and that the Secretary be requested to notify the 
members of the object of the meeting. 
Fifth mo. 3lst, 1841. 
At a special meeting, called pursuant to direction of the 
Board at the last stated meeting, held this evening, the 
object of the meeting being stated by the Chairman, on 
motion, the Board proceeded to ballot for a Professor of 
Chemistry, which resulted in the election of Dr. William R. 
Fisher. 
The Secretary was directed to notify Dr. Fisher of his 
election. 
At a stated meeting of the Board of Trustees, held Sixth 
mo. 21, 1841, the following resolutions, reported by the Com- 
mittee in reference to the resignation of Dr. Bache of the 
Professorship of Chemistry in the College, were, on motion, 
unanimously adopted. 
Resolved, That in accepting the resignation of Dr. Frank- 
lin Bache, as Professor of Chemistry in this Institution, the 
Board of Trustees, on behalf of the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy, desire to express their sense of the distinguished 
zeal and ability with which he has uniformly devoted himself 
to the interests of the College. 
Resolved, That while they deeply feel the loss they have 
sustained, in being deprived of his valuable services, they re- 
joice that his sphere of usefulness will be extended in the new 
station which he has accepted, as Professor of Chemistry in 
the Jefferson Medical College. 
Resolved, That in thus dissolving a connection which has 
subsisted for ten years, we desire to bear testimony to the 
high moral worth and suavity of manners which has marked 
the intercourse of the Professor of Chemistry with the mem- 
of this College, and to express our sincere desires for his fu- 
ture prosperity and happiness. 
