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Daniel B. Smith papers
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Daniel B. Smith (1792-1883) was born in 1792. He was an educator and pharmacist in Philadelphia, Pa. Smith was educated at Burlington Friends School under John Griscom, where he acquired an interest in scientific studies. He later was the apprentice to John Biddle in the apothecary business, and on completion he was admitted to partnership. In 1819 he opened a drug store in downtown Philadelphia, and in 1828 he entered into partnership with William Hodgson, renaming the firm "Smith & Hodgson", and continued to be active in business until a few years before his death. At the age of 28, he was one of the founders of the Apprentices' Library of Philadelphia.
Smith was a member of a group of pharmacists that in 1821 established the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (now University of the Sciences in Philadelphia) the first college of pharmacy in the country, was elected vice-president in 1828, and from 1829 to 1854 served as president. In 1852, he became the first president of the American Pharmaceutical Association. He was also an original member of the Franklin Institute.
In 1824, Smith married Esther Morton, and the couple had three children John, Benjamin, and Mary. Smith died in 1883.
This collection is comprised of the six volumes of miscellany of Daniel B. Smith. The collection includes three school notebooks, and two volumes of library catalogs.
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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed December 2015.
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Kara Flynn
- Finding Aid Date
- December 2015
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Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).
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0.26 linear ft.
This volume includes mathematical diagrams, sections on astronomy the principals of Fluxions, On the maxima and minima of quantities, on drawing tangents, curves, spirals, and asymptotes, on the binomial theorem, on the method of finding fluents notes, and example problems.
Physical Description0.1 linear ft.
This volume includes notes on geology. Was later used by Sally smith as her "bird book" in 1918. The later pages include Sally Smith's notes on birds.
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History notes and copied Egyptian hieroglyphs.
This series includes the two volumes of the catalogs of the Smith family library, and record the volumes in the Smith family library. Volume 1 is organized alphabetically, volume two reflects the organization of the volumes as they are arranged on the shelves.
Physical Description0.23 linear ft.
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This volume records the paint colors purchased by Daniel Smith, and includes the colors and the companies from which the paint was purchased.
Physical Description0.1 linear ft.