# Eleazar Smith — The Case of Charles Dexter Ward character guide

> Eleazar Smith in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Smith, the Smith

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-an-antecedent-and-a-horror

## Who they are

A former associate of Joseph Curwen who left behind revealing documents.

## Relationships

### [Ezra Weeden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_of_charles_dexter_ward_se/characters/ezra_weeden)

_friendship_

Eleazar Smith and Ezra Weeden were fellow townsmen who together opposed Joseph Curwen's dark practices.

## In the story

### [II: An Antecedent and a Horror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_case_of_charles_dexter_ward_se/chapters/ii-an-antecedent-and-a-horror)

His diary is the only written record surviving from the expedition against Curwen.

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