Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
February,  1903. 
}        The  Story  of  a  Drug  Store. 
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THE  STORY  OF  A  VERY  OLD  PHILADELPHIA  DRUG 
STORE. 
By  Evan  Tyson  Elus,  Ph.G. 
There  was  a  drug  store  in  Philadelphia  as  early  as  1729,  that  we 
know  of,  and  this  is  the  way  it  originated.  Christopher  Marshall, 
born  in  Mary  Street,  Dublin,  November  6,  1709,  was  educated 
at  a  college  in  England.  His  parents  were  closely  connected  with 
the  nobility  there,  through  the  families  of  Cussack,  DeLacey,  Gren- 
ville  and  Cowley.    The  father  of  Christopher  Marshall  died  when 
Charges  Marsha^i,, 
1724-1825. 
he  was  very  young,  and  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  came  to  America 
without  the  consent  of  his  mother,  he  was  disowned  by  her  and 
never  afterward  had  any  communication  with  his  relatives. 
He  had  a  classical  education  and  was  well  versed  in  Latin  and 
Greek.  He  took  up  chemistry  and  first  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness in  Philadelphia,  at  Front  and  Chestnut  Streets,  in  1729,  but  at 
