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erecting  a  larger  store  at  710  South  Second  Street.  In  1845,  ne 
associated  his  son,  Jessie  Williamson,  Jr.,  in  the  business  under  the 
firm  name  of  Peter  Williamson  &  Son.  In  1854,  the  business  was 
sold  to  Mr.  James  L.  Bispham. 
Mr.  Williamson  also  served  the  College  as  first  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  in  182 1.  In  February,  1874,  he  was  elected 
first  Vice-President,  but  after  holding  this  position  for  only  one 
year,  he  resigned  on  account  of 
his  age,  and  entirely  withdrew 
from  active  participation  in 
business  and  scientific  pursuits. 
In  March,  1874,  he  founded 
the  first  scholarship  in  the  Col- 
lege. 
Mr.  Williamson  was  active 
in  Masonic  circles ;  in  the  old 
volunteer  fire  department  of 
the  city,  and  in  charitable 
works.  He  was  one  of  the  cor- 
porate members  of  the  Trinity 
P.  E.  Church,  and  for  twenty 
years  was  Rector's  Warden. 
He  passed  away  at  his  resi- 
dence on  the  6th  of  March, 
1886,  in  the  ninety-first  year  of 
his  age. 
The  first  meeting  of  the 
Trustees  was  held  in  Carpen- 
ters' Hall,  on  March  29,  182 1.  An  organization  was  effected,  with 
Samuel  P.  Wetherill  as  chairman,  and  Peter  Williamson  as  Secre- 
tary, and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the 
subject  of  establishing  a  school  of  pharmacy,  and  to  draft  by-laws 
for  the  government  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  On  April  9th,  an 
adjourned  meeting  of  the  Trustees  was  held,  at  which  the  Com- 
mittee on  By-laws  for  the  government  of  the  Board  presented 
a  draft,  which  was  adopted,  and  the  Committee  on  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  reported  a  plan  recommending  lectures  on  Materia 
Medica  and  Pharmacy  and  on  Pharmaceutical  and  General  Chem- 
istry.   Those  on  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy  to  be  given  on  three 
PETER  WILLIAMSON 
