Many letters are from readers of Smith's articles and pamphlets. A Boston man wrote on the first of December to thank Smith "for your staunch advocacy of the cause of the race in this country." The ends of both years are marked by requests for and acknowledgments of donations by the Smiths to a variety of charitable institutions and schools. On January 16, 1903, Smith wrote of his wife's intention to leave the Grange to some public use, and referred to portions of the original estate that…