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Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  15,  1906. 
To  the  Local  Members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  : 
To  more  readily  attain  the  objects  sought  by  the  founders  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  in  accordance  with  a  resolution  adopted  at 
the  Fifty-first  Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Mackinac  Island,  Michigan,  in  1903,  it 
has  been  suggested  that  a  branch  of  this  Association  be  inaugurated  and  main- 
tained in  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 
You  are  cordially  invited  to  attend  a  preliminary  meeting  to  be  held  in  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  on  the  afternoon  of  Tuesday,  March  20,  1906, 
at  2.30  o'clock,  and  to  sign  the  necessary  petition  to  the  Council  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  a  call  for  a  general  invitation  to  all  of  the  local 
members  of  the  Association  to  be  present  at  a  subsequent  meeting  for  formal 
organization. 
Joseph  P.  ReminCxTon, 
William  McIntyre, 
Martin  I.  Wilbert. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Remington,  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Leb- 
anon, Pa.,  was  requested  to  take  the  chair,  and  Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert, 
of  Philadelphia,  was  requested  to  act  as  Secretary. 
Professor  Remington  then  briefly  outlined  the  object  of  the  meet- 
ing, and  requested  the  Secretary  to  read  the  following  proposed 
general  invitation  to  a  formal  meeting,  to  be  held  on  Wednesday, 
March  28,  1906,  at  the  College  of  Physicians : 
The  undersigned  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  having  petitioned  the  Council  of  that  Association  for 
the  privilege  of  forming,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  a  local  branch 
to  be  known  as  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  hereby  extend  to  you  an  invitation  to  be  present 
at  a  meeting  for  formal  organization,  to  be  held  on  the  evening  of 
Wednesday,  March  28,  1906,  in  the  lower  lecture  hall  of  the 
College  of  Physicians,  N.  E.  cor.  Thirteenth  and  Locust  Streets, 
at  8  p.m. 
Among  the  more  direct  objects  to  be  sought  for  and  attained  by 
the  institution  of  such  a  local  branch,  we  may  suggest : 
The  development  of  a  scientific  spirit  among  the  members  of  the 
local  profession. 
A  more  complete  adherence  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United 
States,  and  other  generally  accepted  and  well-known  formularies,  in 
making  the  preparations  to  be  used  in  the  practice  of  medicine. 
