of Joel Munsell, in the autumn of 1865. Here, it may be said,
his career in life commenced, when, leaving his country home in Northern
New York, he entered the Normal School.

The erection of a Soldiers' Home having been recently projected, Glazier
called on the adjutant-general at the State House, in relation to his
lecturing in the interest of the fund for that purpose. Colonel Taylor,
assistant adjutant-general, whom he had known for some years, presented
him to General Townsend, and he was recommended to see and consult with
Captain John Palmer, Past Grand Commander of the State, G. A. R.

Nothing can better prove the disinterested motives and objects of
Willard Glazier in undertaking his long and tedious journey on
horseback, than the numerous voluntary offerings he made to certain
military organizations whose claims so forcibly presented themselves to
him. This was simply characteristic of him. He has never valued money
but for the practical uses to which it may be applied in the
amelioration of the condition of others. Simple in his habits, and
unostentatious in his mode of life--indulging in no luxuries--he has
managed by sheer hard work to accumulate a fair fortune, which is of
value to him only so far as he can do good with it--first to those
having the strongest domestic claims upon him, and secondly, to his
comrades of the camp and the battle-field.

The following letters will explain themselves:

Delavan House,
Albany, _May 28th, 1876_.

Captain John Palmer, Past Grand Commander,
Department of New York, G. A. R.

Dear Sir and Comrade: I feel great pleasure in handing you
herewith, forty dollars, which I wish to be applied to the fund for
the erection of a Soldiers' Home, as lately proposed by our
comrades at Brooklyn. Should it be your pleasure to endorse my
lecture tour across the State, I feel confident that I could raise
from five hundred to a thousand dollars for this most worthy
object. Pledging my best efforts in the work, which I hope I need
scarcely add, enlists my warmest sympathies, I have the honor to
remain,

Yours in F., C. and L.,
Willard Glazier.

Captain Palmer, in acknowledging the donation, wrote as follows: