G. P. Smith to Richard Yates

Windsor March 1st 1865

I certify, that having known the bearer

Mr. Bruce McCormick for several months

and also treated him for lumbago

I believe him unfit for military duty or

any service requiring exercise

or severe bodily exertion

C B Gilbert M. D.

Subscribed and sworn to before me

this 1 day of March A D 1865

D H [Hobert?]

US Consul

Windsor CN

Consulate of [N?] NS of America Windsor CN Mch 1 1861

I hereby certify that C B Gilbert M D

is a respectable surgeon in regular

practice in the town of Windsor CN

D H [Hobert?]

NS Consul

Certificate of surgeon

[name?]

(G)