3. Spalding, Lyman. New York, N,Y., to Joseph Pa.rrish, Philadelphia, Pa., 02 April 1819

The collection contains letters, circulars, and reports, 1818-1821, probably assembled by Joseph Parrish, Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, documenting the College's contributions to the production of the first national pharmacopoeia. Several items addressed to the College from Lyman Spalding or the Medical Society of the State of New York describe the project and arrangements made for a preliminary meeting of delegates held in Philadelphia, 1-4 June 1819. These delegates were from medical schools and organizations in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Also included is a report of Thomas Parke and Thomas T. Hewson, delegates to the National Convention in Washington, D.C., held 1-8 January 1820, and a report with an extensive list of emendations of a committee appointed by the College of Physicians in 1821 to suggest revisions to the 1820 edition of The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America.

The collection contains letters and reports, 1832-1843, assembled by the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Phjladelphia, documenting the College's contributions to the second revision of The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. Several items are in the hand of Franklin Bache or George Bacon Wood. Included is an 1832 agreement, signed by members of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, to adopt the standards of the pharmacopoeia; information on distribution of the published volume; a report de scribing the work of the College's committee appointed to suggest revisions; and a report of the College' delegates to the 1840 National ' . Medical Convention. Also included is a letter concerning the pharmacopoeia from German physician Friedrich Wilhelm Oppenheim.