John McLoughlin, Junior, to Dr. Simon Fraser
Dear Uncle
A friend of mine has kindly offered to forward this letter to you. Ah what can be the cause of your long silence to me? Am I the cause of it. if so tell me on what occasion, but I hope that you will be so kind as to Write a few Lines to say that you are in good health as well as the rest of your family. Alas can I ever cease regretting the loss of your love and regard no never, I imagine that you must have heard some reports on my conduct if it is so, you can write to my Uncle and ascertain whether those reports are true and you may be sure that he will tell you the truth I am anxious to know what can prevent you from writing a few lines you are perfectly aware that it will give me great pleasure to know that you are well, by a letter that I received from John he says that you complained to him that my letters did not satisfy you principally on one point that is not saying a word about my studies, if I had known that this subject could have pleased you so much I should not have forgotten to mention it I shall give you in a few words of What I have done since my last and what I am doing at present. Since my last letter I have passed the examination of Bachelier es lettres and passed it with credit As soon as I left the room every gentleman said that it was myself that had passed the best of the whole. I answered to every question put to me by the examinators I was so perfect on it that it is impossible to be rejected. Since them I am preparing two more examinations for the month of July. I hope to have the same success as the preceeding one. I am to enter in one of the hospitals in summer. I study from ten in the morning till three and then rest till six and from then I study for three hours more during that time I study chemistry anatomy Physiology Physics; but I devote more of my time to anatomy for the study of it pleases me more than the rest. I do not like to say much for myself but you ought to ask my Uncle about it for you might think that I am not telling the truth or I am praising myself to much so I advice you to write to him that you may be sure of what I am doing as you take so much interest in it je vous en ai beaucoup gre pour l'interet dont vous me temoigne
I received a letter from my dear sister in which she announces
