The Case of Charles Dexter Ward · Character
Eleazar Smith
A former associate of Joseph Curwen who left behind revealing documents.
minor
Also known as Smith, the Smith
First appearance: II: An Antecedent and a Horror
Eleazar Smith's tie to Ezra Weeden is one of the pressures that moves The Case of Charles Dexter Ward—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
His diary is the only written record surviving from the expedition against Curwen.
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With Ezra Weeden (friendship): Eleazar Smith and Ezra Weeden were fellow townsmen who together opposed Joseph Curwen's dark practices. In II: An Antecedent and a Horror: His diary is the only written record surviving…
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- Breaking point
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