Am  jour.  Phann.  l    Centenary  of  Pharmaceutical  Education. 
February,  1921.    )  J  J 
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His  eldest  daughter,  Elizabeth  Marshall  (1768-1836)  now  be- 
came the  proprietress  of  the  drug  business  founded  by  her  grand- 
father some  seventy  years  before,  and  under  her  able  management, 
the  business  continued  to  increase,  and  was 
placed  upon  a  firm  financial  basis.  Probably 
she  was  the  first  woman  in  Philadelphia  to 
embark  upon  a  commercial  career  upon  such 
an  extensive  scale,  and  she  was  the  first 
American  woman  pharmacist  of  whom  we 
have  any  knowledge.  She  continued  to  man- 
age this  business  until  1825,  when  it  was 
transferred  to- two  of  the  apprentices,  Charles 
Ellis  and  Isaac  P.  Morris. 
When  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Apothe- 
caries was  founded  in  1821,  despite  his  ad- 
vanced years,  Charles  Marshall  was  chosen 
President  of  the  institution.  For  several 
years  he  gave  the  College  his  active  interest 
and  support.  In  1824,  by  reason  of  the  in-  Elizabeth  Marshall 
rirmities  of  his  age,  he  resigned. 
William  Lehman  was  the  first  Vice-President  of  the  College, 
serving  in  that  capacity  from  1821  to  1824.  Upon  the  resignation 
of  President  Charles  Marshall,  he  was  elected  to  that  office,  and 
filled  this  position  from  1824  to  1829.  He  was  a  cousin  of  Peter 
Lehman,  one  of  the  inaugurators  of  the  movement  that  resulted 
in  the  founding  of  the  College.  He  was  educated  in  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  therefrom  in  both  the  literary  course 
and  in  medicine,  but  he  preferred  to  engage  in  the  drug  business 
with  his  father  instead  of  practicing  medicine.  About  1802  he 
opened  his  own  apothecary  store  at  97  South  Second  Street,  and 
a  few  years  later  removed  to  76  South  Second  Street  (old  numbers) 
below  Chestnut  Street.  Here  he  was  associated  for  awhile  in 
partnership  with  William  Smith,  and  later  with  Algernon  S.  Roberts. 
His  father  left  him  a  moderate  fortune,  which  he  greatly  increased 
by  his  efforts  in  the  drug  business.  Despite  the  constant  application 
required  by  the  business,  he  continued  to  be  an  extensive  reader 
and  student  throughout  his  life.  He  was  a  good  Latin  scholar,  a 
fluent  speaker  of  both  French  and  German,  and  visited  Europe  on 
three  different  occasions. 
He  was  elected  to  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  18 14,  and 
