Lieutenant William James Fisher, Civil War Soldier

Mr. Fisher: Dear Sir,

I received yours of the 11th & would say that I can heartily recommend your son in the particulars referred to. But I suppose my recommendation would have no influence where the selection proceeds from merit & not from favor.

I have no doubt William can pass the preliminary examination which is by no means a severe one.

I did not ask Mr. G. P. Fisher for an endorsement of this certificate, as his wife was dying, when I received your letter; he left immediately with her body for Connecticut.

Thanking you for your kind expression of sympathy for me in my bodily weakness.

Allow me to wish you a continuance of the blessing of health, with all other good things.

Truly yours, S. J. Witherbee

L.J. Witherbee to Isaac Fisher

LJ Witherbee to Isaac Fisher

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