Founding  of  Phila.  College  of  Pharmacy.       j Ar^ £>cu£  g£rm- 
connected  with  the  establishment  of  many  charitable  and 
philanthropic  organizations  and  was  later  grand  master  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  Pennsylvania.  He  estab- 
lished the  first  free  scholarship  for  tuition  in  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  was  the  Founder  of  the 
Southwark  Dispensary  and  a  Warden  in  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  Southwark. 
Stephen  North  was  a  wholesale  druggist  at  14  North  Second 
Street,  of  whom  we  know  but  little,  as  he  was  evidently 
but  a  young  man  and  died  in  1826,  but  a  few  years  later. 
He  was  second  Vice-President  of  the  College  from  182 1 
to  1824,  and  first  Vice-President  from  1824  until  his 
decease. 
Henry  Troth  was  a  young  man  of  27  when  the  Carpenters' 
Hall  meeting  was  held.  He  learned  the  drug  business  with 
Jeremiah  Morris  in  the  store  on  Market  Street,  near 
Seventh.  He  aided  in  the  establishment  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Literary  Association,  afterward  including  a  note- 
worthy group  of  men  prominent  in  civic  and  educational 
affairs.  In  181 5,  when  he  was  but  20  years  of  age,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Edward 
Needles,  another  druggist,  under  the  name  of  Henry  Troth 
&  Co.,  wholesale  druggists.  He  was  one  of  the  originators 
of  the  House  of  Refuge,  a  manager  of  the  Schuylkill 
Navigation  Company,  and  was  connected  prominently  with 
many  other  philanthropic,  business  and  scientific  organiza- 
tions. He  was  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Councils  for 
nine  years,  part  of  which  time  he  presided  over  that  body. 
He  was  a  trustee  of  Girard  College,  and  a  Director  of  the 
Bank  of  the  United  States.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to 
burn  anthracite  coal  in  a  grate  and  he  was  one  of  those 
who  urged  and  aided  in  the  introduction  of  illuminating 
gas.  Besides  being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy,  he  was  its  Vice-President  for 
13  years,  and  presided  over  many  of  its  meetings.  He  was 
chairman  of  its  Board  of  Trustees  for  many  years,  and 
died  in  1892. 
Samuel  Biddle  was  a  druggist  of  142  High  Street,  concerning 
whom  we  know  little,  as  he,  too,  died  a  few  years  after, 
in  1824. 
