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(£tgl)tietl) Slag. 



Farmers* ffotel, 

 ECORSE, MlCHIQA-W, 



July Thirtieth. 



The weather was oppressively warm again on this 

 day, and business in Ecorse was apparently not " boom- 

 ing/' I found tlie place quite in keeping with the 

 majority of French villages along the Detroit River — • 

 unambitious and lifeless. 



Two acknowledgments came from Monroe soon 

 after I left, referring to the aid which I had the 

 pleasure of giving to those interested in the Custer 

 Monument. One was a brief and courteous bearer of 

 thanks, and is as follows : 



ffeadquarters, 

 Custer National Monument Association; 

 MoNKOE, Michigan, 

 July 28, 1876. 



This is to certify that the proceeds of the lecture by Captain 

 Willard Glazier, in this city on Thursday evening, July 27, 1876, 

 have been paid into the treasury of this association, for which the 

 members hereby tender him their sincere thanks. 



T. E. Wing, 

 Treasurer, 



The other was a letter of introduction and explains 

 itself: 



S^eadguarterSf 



Custer National Momiment Association ; 



Monroe, Michigan, 



July 28, 1876. 



To Auxiliary Societies and Associations of the Custeb 

 Monument Association: 



Captain Willard Glazier, having kindly and generously volun- 

 teered to devote the proceeds of his lectures through Michigan to the 



