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Henry  T?'oth. 
f  Am.  Joar.  Ftiarrn 
X    January,  1895. 
this  meeting  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy. 
In  the  meantime  the  business  on  Market  Street  became  pros- 
perous, and  in  January,  1826,  Samuel  F.  Troth,  a  younger  brother 
of  Henry,  purchased  the  interests  of  Henry's  brother-in-law,  and 
thus  the  brothers  became  associated  in  business.  As  an  illustra- 
tion of  his  energy  and  enterprise,  in  1835  he  built  the  first  five-story 
store  on  Market  Street ;  this  was  regarded  at  the  time  as  a  very 
advanced  step  ;  but  Mr.  George  W.  Carpenter,  at  the  northeast  cor- 
ner of  Eighth  and  Market  Streets,  not  to  be  outdone  by  a  business 
rival,  added  two  stories  to  his  four-story  building,  and  thus  secured 
the  lead  in  elevation.  This  incident  furnishes  a  glimpse  of  the 
competition  amongst  druggists  more  than  half  a  century  ago. 
Henry  Troth's  activity  was  not  limited,  however,  to  the  demands 
made  upon  him  by  the  college  and  drug  business ;  he  had  a  great 
fondness  for  literature,  and  in  1813  he  became  associated  with 
Joseph  Cooperthwaite,  Benjamin  M.  Hollinshead,  Joseph  A.  Needles, 
Peter  Thompson,  Edward  Haydock,  Samuel  Stackhouse,  Warwick 
P.  Miller,  Thomas  Yardley,  Watson  Jcnks,  and  James  Hutchinson, 
who  organized  the  Philadelphia  Literary  Association.  This  became 
one  of  the  leading  societies  of  its  kind,  embracing  within  its  mem- 
bership many  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  an 
active  organization  for  over  thirty  years. 
Henry  Troth  was  a  member  of  the  Orthodox  branch  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  philanthropy  and  the  cause  of  the  oppressed 
had  in  him  an  able  champion,  for  we  find  him  interested  in  a  number 
of  organizations,  and  for  thirteen  years  he  was  treasurer  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Society  for  the  Abolition  of  Slavery.  In  addition  to 
this,  he  served  as  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Colonization  Society, 
the  Children's  Asylum,  the  Almshouse,  and  the  Provident  Society. 
Through  the  active  period  of  his  life  he  was  one  of  the  Guardians 
of  the  Poor,  of  Philadelphia,  a  Trustee  of  Girard  College,  and  one 
of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  House  of  Refuge,  from  the  first 
year  of  its  organization.  The  education  of  the  young  was  always  a 
prominent  interest  with  him  ;  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Apprentices'  Library,  which  still  continues  its  useful  work  in  the 
community.  In  the  higher  field  of  intellectual  activity  he  was 
known  as  a  valuable  member  in  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Museum  and  Franklin  Institute.    In  commercial  and  finan- 
