Dear Father & Mother
I am thankful that I enjoy the privelige of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am as well as common, and I hope they will find you all well. I got here on monday evening and this is thursday and there has been nothing said to me as yet about my leaving without a furlough, and as they put me on duty yesterday morning I don t think they are going to try to do anything with me.

I have no news to write only that we are building shanties and expect to winter here. We can stay here fine this winter if they will let us alone _______________________ shanties all built we are about half done if nothing happens we will get done next week, we are puting up houses about the sise to the smoke house there at home and when they are up tight and have good chimneys the are pretty comfortable. I have no other news of importance to write. If I could be contented like I was before I could get along a good deal better but instead of it being better as I hoped it would it is tentimes worse. I can t write scanerly it brings to mind things that are passed and gone, and brings grief and sorrow and distress to my heart. I can t help thinking to whom I wrote a few months ago but never can hear from her again til I go to join her in her glorious home above. You know that three months ago I had a brother who many a time entertained us with his foolicsome play and merryment, but now where is he--gone to the spirit world. Again two months ago I had a Dear Sister, your effectionate daughter. Who by the melody of her voice time charmed ou hearts. Where is she now ______________________. hallelgyah's with angels around Gods throne I also had 1 lovely little boy whom I ardently loved he also is gone to join the rest in heaven. And lastly I a few short weeks ago I had a dear lovely companion who loved & cheered me in affliction and sorrow. Where is she, She told me she was going to see Nant & Jim & little Cooper and told me I must meet her there and by Grace of God I am determined to try and comply with her request be my time long or short in this world. I feel like I world not care how soon the call would come for me to leave this poor troublesome world. I feel that it would be a great deliverance to leave this world of sin and sorrow for I feel that Gods grace is sufficient to save to the utermost. I must now close, I want you both to pray for your unworthy son, that we may at last meet our friends in Glory. I pray for you and my little Children & the rest every day, train them up in the way they should go. Dear Parents, life is uncertain, and if I see you no in this world __________ meet you in heaven. There wars & pasting _______ all the sorrows and troubles ancident to this life will be for ever at an end. 0 how I love to think of the joys of that glory land. And thank God I now feel a fore tast of those joys in my heart.
              Affectionetely your unworthy Son til Death
                                     Thos. W. Fisher
                                     To Absolum & Judith 0. Fisher - adiew
       
 

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