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Charles  Bullock,  Treasurer  of  the  Publication  Committee,  read  the  annual 
report,  which  was  accepted  and  approved.  It  sets  forth  the  moneyed  opera- 
tions of  the  past  year  in  a  very  favorable  light,  and  shows  this  department  of 
the  College  to  be  in  a  very  prosperous  condition. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund, 
made  a  report  showing  the  balance  of  cash  in  his  hands  to  be  $292. 
The  following  letter  from  Peter  Williamson,  Esq.,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
College,  to  the  President,  was  read: 
804  Pine  Street,  March  10th,  1874. 
To  Dillwyn  Parrish  : 
Dear  Sir, —  In  reply  to  your  note  of  this  morning,  I  will  merely  say  that  I 
give  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  (the  check  for  which  you  will  find  enclosed)1 
to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  trust  for  the  creation  of  an 
endowment  fund,  the  interest  of  which  to  be  applied  for  the  benefit  of  such 
needy  and  deserving  applicants  as  the  Trustees  may  select,  in  defraying  the 
requisite  expenses  attendant  on  the  lectures  and  other  modes  of  instruction 
adopted  by  the  College. 
With  my  thanks  for  the  interest  you  have  evidenced  in  the  carrying  out  of 
his  design,  which  I  have  for  some  time  entertained, 
I  remain,  truly,  your  friend,  Peter  Williamson. 
The  donation  was  accepted,  and  the  check  passed  over  to  the  Treasurer  of 
the  College. 
Joseph  P.  Remington  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which  were  unani- 
mously adopted,  and  the  Secretary  was  directed  to  send  a  copy  to  Mr.  Wil- 
liamson : 
Resolved,  That  the  College  gratefully  appreciate  the  warm  interest  mani- 
fested by  our  esteemed  friend  Peter  Williamson,  and  direct  that  the  donation 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Trustees,  to  be  invested  by  the  Treasurer,  and 
kept  as  an  endowment  fund,  the  interest  of  which  is  to  be  applied  in  accord- 
ance with  the  wishes  of  the  generous  donor. 
Resolved,  That  the  letter  of  Peter  Williamson  be  filed  among  our  records, 
and  that  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  to  him  with  the  thanks  of 
the  College. 
A  motion  that  the  further  consideration  of  the  subject,  relative  to  the  fulfil- 
ment of  the  wishes  of  Mr.  Williamson,  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees 
for  their  action,  was  adopted. 
The  following  letter  was  read  from  Joseph  C.  Turnpenny: 
813  Spruce  Street. 
Dillwyn  Parrish,  President  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
My  dear  Friend, — I  send  herewith  an  extract  from  the  Will  of  our  lamented 
friend  the  late  William  Procter,  Jr.,  deceased,  which  please  receive  and  pre- 
sent to  the  next  meeting. 
Thy  obliged  friend,  Jos.  C.  Turnpenny. 
3d  mo.  20th,  1874. 
Extract  from  the  Will  of  the  late  William  Procter,  Jr.,  deceased. 
I  give  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  the  sum  of 
five  hundred  dollars,  in  trust,  to  be  permanently  invested,  and  the  interest  to 
