Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
April  1,  1871.  j" 
Minutes  of  the  CoUege. 
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There  are  twenty-six  perfect  volumes,  varying  in  number  from  1  or  2  to  129 
€ach,  making  1116  volumes,  which,  added  to  the  volumes  in  sets,  makes  a  total  of 
1557  volumes.    These,  at  an  average  of  two  dollars  each,  make  a  sum  of  $3114. 
The  remainder  of  the  stock  consists  of  a  large  quantity  of  odd  numbers,  in 
bulk  equal  to  one-half  of  the  perfect  volumes.  In  some  instances  there  are 
only  one  number  missing,  in  many  several  numbers  are  required  to  complete  the 
volumes.  The  business  Editor  has  been  requested  to  keep  himself  informed  of 
those  volumes  nearly  complete  and  buy  numbers  when  they  offer  to  complete 
them. 
There  are  also  a  numerous  collection  of  exchanges,  mostly  medical  journals, 
but  few  of  which  are  complete,  and  but  few  of  a  character  suitable  for  the 
library,  yet  there  are  several  exceptions,  and  these  have  been  kept  together. 
The  Committee  are  pleased  to  be  able  to  say  that  the  Treasurer's  report, 
hereto  appended,  exhibits  the  very  satisfactory  balance  of  $1424  in  favor  of  the 
Journal. 
In  reference  to  the  debts  due  the  Publishing  Committee,  the  business  Editor 
has  carefully  gone  over  the  books  and  reports  that  there  is  due  the  Committee, 
from  parties  where  subscriptions  were  stopped  in  1869  and  a  few  since,  $522, 
and  from  persons  in  arrears,  who  yet  receive  the  Journal,  $1128.  Making  a 
sum  of  $1648  outstanding  in  debts.  Besides  these  there  are  some  other  ac- 
counts in  dispute,  which  have  not  been  brought  forward  because  they  need 
further  investigation. 
In  conclusion,  the  Committee  desire  to  express  their  satisfaction  with  the 
new  business  arrangement,  and  believe  it  will  eventually  give  entire  satisfac- 
tion to  the  College. 
Charles  Ellis,  "] 
John  M.  Maisch,  j  Committee 
A.  B  Taylor,  \  of 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand,         I  Publication. 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  J 
March  27,  1871. 
On  motion  of  James  T.  Shinn,  the  Publishing  Committee  were  requested  to 
report  at  the  meeting  in  June  next  the  amount  of  cash  on  hand,  and  the  esti- 
mated expenses  of  the  Committee  for  the  remainder  of  the  year. 
The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members  read  the  following  notice  of  John 
Horn. 
John  Horn,  a  member  of  this  College  since  1826,  was  born  in  the  City  of 
Baltimore,  of  German  parentage,  September  9th,  1803.  His  early  education 
was  received  at  St,  Mary's  College,  Baltimore.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  about 
the  year  1820,  and  served  his  apprenticeship  to  the  drug  business  with  Matthias 
Pleis,  whose  place  of  business  was  located  on  2d  street  below  Brown.  Matthias 
Pleis  was  a  (merman  emigrant,  whose  redemption  was  purchased  by  one  of  the 
Lenning  family,  and  whom  he  served  for  a  period  of  3  years  and  9  months. 
In  December  1823,  John  Horn  commenced  business  on  his  own  account  at 
the  N.  E.  corner  of  3d  and  Brown,  the  property  having  been  purchased  for 
him  by  his  father.  This  property  was  known  at  the  time  as  the  "  haunted 
house  ;"  during  the  war  of  1812  it  was  rented  as  a  rendezvous  or  barracks  for 
soldiers.  At  the  time  he  opened  his  store,  there  was  no  other  drug  store  be- 
tween the  Delaware  and  Schuylkill,  on  Brown  street,  and  none  north  of  him 
until  coming  to  that  of  Henry  J,  Squire,  in  Germantown. 
So  great  was  the  success  of  John  Horn,  that  he  repaid  the  purchase  money 
of  the  property  from  the  profits  of  his  first  year  of  business,  and  being  of  a 
money  making  turn,  he  accumulated  means  rapidly.  At  the  S.  E.  corner  of 
3d  and  Brown  was  an  old  family  cemetery,  known  as  the  Coates  and  Brown 
family  cemetery,  occupying  nearly  one  fourth  of  the  square.  This  was  purchased 
