Headquarters Department of New York,
"Grand Army of the Republic,"
Albany, _May 31st, 1876_.

Captain Willard Glazier:

Comrade: Your gift of forty dollars to the fund for the erection of
the "Soldiers' Home" is duly received, and the same has been
forwarded to Captain E. O. Parkinson, Chairman Soldiers' Home
Committee, Brooklyn, New York, for which accept my thanks.

Very truly yours, in F., C. and L.,
John Palmer,
Department Commander.

On the twenty-second of May, "'Paul' being in good condition and the
best of spirits," our soldier-author started for Schenectady, paying his
respects to Captain Palmer on his way up Washington Avenue. Schenectady
was reached at four o'clock P. M. through frequent showers of rain.
Putting up at Gwinn's Hotel he delivered his lecture at Union Hall at
the usual hour in the evening, to a fair audience, notwithstanding the
rain.

The Schenectady _Union_ had heralded his approach by the following
notice:

"Captain Glazier.--This noted soldier, author, rider, and raider,
who raided during the war with General Kilpatrick, will advance
upon this place next Monday, and in the evening lecture upon
'Echoes from the Revolution.' Captain Glazier is a member of the
'Grand Army' in good standing, and will be assisted here by the
members of Post 14, with whom he will divide the profits of the
lecture. The Captain was an inmate of Libby Prison at one time
during the war, and finally made his escape to the Union lines. The
book entitled 'Capture, Prison-Pen and Escape,' and several other
war books, were produced by him."

Reaching Fonda, May twenty-sixth, we find the following entry in his
Journal: "Scenery charming. I saw nothing in Massachusetts equal to the
Valley of the Mohawk, and am surprised that novelist and poet have not
found more material here for legendary romance."

Passing through St. Johnsville, Little Falls, Utica, and Rome--where he
met a large number of his "Grand Army" comrades, and was introduced to
Hon. H. J. Coggeshall, Colonel G. A. Cantine, Hon. W. T. Bliss, and many
others--he arrived in Syracuse June second, registered at the Vanderbilt
House, and lectured at Sh