^ebruSyPi92im' }    Centenary  of  Pharmaceutical  Education.  87 
As  we  look  over  the  list  of  the  founders  and  first  officers  of 
the  College,  we  are  impressed  that  it  is  an  exceptional  list  of  names 
and  that  many  of  these  were  men  of  more  than  usual  ability  and 
social  standing  who  performed  noteworthy  services  in  their  calling 
and  likewise  in  public  affairs.  Our  narrative  of  the  occurrences 
associated  with  the  institution  of  The  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy would  be  incomplete  without  reference  to  the  dominating 
spirits  of  these  meetings. 
Stephen  North,  who  presided  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Apothe- 
caries held  in  Carpenters'  Hall,  was  second  Vice-President  of  the 
College  from  1821  to  1824,  and  first  Vice-President  from  1824  until 
the  time  of.  his  decease  in  1826.  He  was  a  worthy  wholesale  drug- 
gist, doing  business  at  14  North  Second  Street  (old  number),  a 
few  doors  south  of  Christ's  Church.  Shortly  before  his  death  he 
removed  to  the  northeast  corner  of  Sixth  and  Market  Streets. 
Charles  Marshall,  the  first  President  of  the  College,  was  the 
youngest  son- of  Christopher  Marshall,  the  "fighting  Quaker,"  whose 
Diary  of  the  Revolution,  or  "Remembrancer,"  is  a  Philadelphia 
classic,  accepted  as  a  valuable  record 
of  events  of  those  stirring  times  and 
of  the  prominent  participants.  Chris- 
topher Marshall  was  born  in  Dublin, 
Ireland,  November  6,  1709,  and  after 
emigrating  to  America,  was  for  some 
years  a  resident  of  Bucks  County, 
Pa.,  and  a  member  of  the  Middletown 
monthly  meeting.  He  first  established 
himself  in  business  in  1729,  at  Front 
and  Chestnut  Streets.  In  1735,  he 
purchased  a  property  on  the  south 
side  of  Chestnut  Street,  above  Second 
Street,  where  he  opened  an  apothecary 
shop  which  was  considered  the  most 
complete  this  side  of  New  York  City, 
and  possibly  the  earliest  of  its  type 
in  the   City  of    Philadelphia.     Sus-  charles  Marshall 
pended  over  the  projection  of  the  gable 
roof  on  Chestnut  Street  was  a  large  gilded  ball,  and  the  store  was 
commonly  known  as  the  "Golden  Ball." 
In  1765,  two  of  his  sons,  Christopher  Marshall,  Jr.,  and  Charles 
