Overview Charles Eastwick Smith (1820-1900) was an engineer and inventor involved in railroad, ironworks and steel. His interest in botany led him to membership at the Academy of Natural Sciences where he held several positions from 1851 until his death. Over the years Smith compiled an herbarium of specimens found within 15 miles of Philadelphia, which he bequeathed to the Academy. The collection contains letters from botanists, a number of booksellers, and other correspondents. In addition to the...

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These letters written to John Lawrence LeConte by 101 authors are for the most part taken from the files of the American Entomological Society, but include also 18 written by T. W. Harris to John LeConte. The collection was archived from the Entomological Department and here preserved under LeConte's name.