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holding  of  the  fourth  Congress  within  the  time  stipulated  at  the 
preceding  meeting  in  1867  was  delayed  for  two  years.  Meanwhile 
an  initiatory  move  was  made  by  Professor  Maisch  and  endorsed  by 
President  E.  H.  Sargent  \n  his  presidential  address  before  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  in  Balti- 
more, Md.,  in  September,  1870,  for  holding  the  fifth  Congress  in 
Philadelphia  in  the  Centennial  year,  1876.  This  proposition  met 
with  approval  and  a  committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Wm.  Procter, 
Jr.,  Albeit  E.  Ebert  and  Fred.  Hoffmann  was  appointed  to  report  on 
the  subject  with  a  plan  of  action,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Association 
in  1 871. 
This  committee  presented  the  following  report  to  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  meeting  in  St.  Louis,  September, 
1871  : 
That  in  view  of  the  notable  period  in  the  history  of  our  country,  the  Cen- 
tennial anniversary  of  its  political  independence,  which  will  be  reached  in  the 
year  1876  we  are  called  upon,  in  common  with  all  citizens  of  the  Republic,  to 
manifest  our  patriotic  impulses  in  a  worthy  manner,  by  showing  the  advance- 
ments made  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  and  the  progress  towards  a  higher  civili- 
zation. Further,  as  at  that  time  unusual  inducements  and  attractions  will 
doubtless  cause  many  to  visit  this  country  from  foreign  lands,  it  is  believed 
that  so  favorable  an  opportunity  will  not  soon  occur  again  to  briug  together  in 
this  country  pharmacists  of  Europe. 
It  is  therefore  recommended  that  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress 
be  solicited  to  postpone  the  meeting  which  would  occur  in  its  regular  order  in 
1875,  and  that  this  Association  extend  a  cordial  invitation  to  that  body  to  meet 
in  this  country  in  the  year  I876.  But  if  for  any  reason  the  Congress  should 
deem  it  not  advisable  to  accept  such  invitation,  it  is  recommended  that  an  in- 
vitation be  extended  to  the  delegates  present  at  the  meeting  in  1872,  and  to 
the  pharmacists  of  all  nations,  to  meet  with  this  Association  in  1876. 
Your  committee  further  recommends,  that  at  the  present  meeting  the  month 
of  July  and  the  city  of  Philadelphia  be  designated  as  the  time  and  place  for  the 
meeting  of  1876,  it  being  manifestly  appropriate  that  the  meeting  of  that  year 
should  be  held  in  the  centre  of  pharmaceutical  and  political  interest,  and  in 
the  month  dedicated  to  the  celebration  of  our  National  Independence. .  The 
action  recommended  seems  necessary  at  this  time,  in  order  that  our  annual 
meetings  intervening  may  be  located  in  view  of  such  decision,  and  that  appro- 
priate efforts  may  be  made  to  insure  at  that  meeting  a  full  representation  of 
American  pharmacists,  thereby  making  this  association  a  truly  national 
brotherhood  of  all  engaged  in  our  noble  profession. 
Your  committee  further  recommends  the  appointment  of  a  committee  at  this 
meeting  for  devising  suitable  plans  and  recommending  such  preliminary 
arrangements  as  seem  necessary  to  render  the  meeting  of  1876  worthy  of  the 
occasion. 
[Signed]  Albert  E.  Ebert. 
Fred.  Hoffmann. 
