AFebJuanPi92im'  (    Centenary  of  Pharmaceutical  Education.  99 
original  of  this  letter  is  preserved  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons. 
"Philada.,  8th  mo.  19,  ,1822. 
"My  dear  Mother, 
"Thee  wishes  to  know  some- 
thing about  my  professorship.  The 
Apothecaries  of  the  city,  the  most 
respectable  of  them  at  least, 
have  united  to  establish  an  insti- 
tution for  the  instruction  of  their 
apprentices  in  the  principles  of 
their  business  and  have  obtained  a 
charter  from  the  state  legislature, 
under  the  name  of  the  College  of 
Pharmacy.  In  this  College  there 
are  two  professorships,  one  of 
Materia  Medica,  the  other  of 
Chemistry — to  the  last  of  which  I 
was  chosen  on  the  23rd  of  last 
month  by  a  vote  of  11  out  of  15 
Directors.  I  shall  deliver  a  course 
next  winter  to  commence  on  the 
1st  of  November  and  expect  to 
have  about  30  apprentices  to  at- 
tend, with,  perhaps,  some  others. 
I  calculate  that  the  place  will  be 
worth  to   me   at  least   200   dol-  dr.  george  b.  wood 
lars.    The    preparation    of  this 
course  is  one  thing  that  has  been  occupying  a  good  deal  of  my  time  lately, 
etc.,  etc. 
"Thy  affectionate  son, 
"Geo.  B.  Wood. 
"To  Elizabeth  Wood, 
"Greenwich, 
"Cumberland  Co., 
"New  Jersey." 
The  services  of  Dr.  Wood  in  behalf  of  pharmaceutical  and 
medical  education  belong  to  a  subsequent  period  in  the  history,  and 
we  must  reserve  treatment  of  this  subject  for  another  occasion. 
There  still  remained  the  selection  of  a  suitable  place  for  giving 
the  instructions,  and  on  July  23,  the  Board  authorized  the  renting 
of  the  German  Hall,  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Seventh  Street, 
south  of  Market,  for  lecture  purposes,  at  an  annual  rent  of  $200.  This 
was  the  first  home  of  the  College,  and  instructions  were  given  here 
until  1833. 
