Annals of medical history . His business -K:-^. acumen led him to / petition the Assem-bly on April 27, 1724,to enable Germanborn subjects tntrade to better ad-vantage. Certain othis real estate pui-chases, still in thtfamily, constitutt,some of the mostvaluable property inPhiladelphia. In1726 he marriedCatharine Jansen atGermantown, Penn-sylvania. His iWife ?.was of German der-ivation. This unionwas blessed withseven children. Theeldest of these wasRichard, who wasborn in 1727, andwas the father of Caspar Wistar, Junior. Richard Wistar was associated with hisfather in the operation of a glass
Annals of medical history . His business -K:-^. acumen led him to / petition the Assem-bly on April 27, 1724,to enable Germanborn subjects tntrade to better ad-vantage. Certain othis real estate pui-chases, still in thtfamily, constitutt,some of the mostvaluable property inPhiladelphia. In1726 he marriedCatharine Jansen atGermantown, Penn-sylvania. His iWife ?.was of German der-ivation. This unionwas blessed withseven children. Theeldest of these wasRichard, who wasborn in 1727, andwas the father of Caspar Wistar, Junior. Richard Wistar was associated with hisfather in the operation of a glass factoryin Salem, New Jersey. This project was thefirst of its kind in the Colonies. RichardWistar was distinguished for his integrity,industry and benevolence. In 1751 hemarried Sarah Wyatt, whose father, Bar-tholomew, an English Quaker, settled inSalem County, New Jersey, shortly after thearrival of William Penn. Although theirbusiness interests were in New Jersey,the Wistars maintained their residence inPhiladelphia. ^^. Caspar Wistar, M. D To them was born a son, Caspar, Junior,on September 13, 1761. Surrounded by thebest educational advantages that the NewWorld and the allluence of his parents couldprovide, this son developed a strong lin-guistic ability. He attended the FriendsSchool which, at thattime, afforded thebest classical educa-tion in the master, JohnThompson, hadgained wide promi-nence as a teacher ofGreek and Latin; andWistars facility inthese languages wasnotable through hislife. He was alsolluent in French andGerman. His socialproclivities earlycontrasted with themore serious devo-tional attitude of hisyounger brother,Thomas. The political andmilitary turmoil ofthat day must havebeen most divertingto the attention ofeven this Quakerschoolboy. The Con-tinental Congressheld its sessions in Carpenters Hall, almostwithin ear range of the Friends ClassicalSchool. The nearby State House Yard (Inde-pendence Square) was used as a recruitingplace during t
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