CORRESPONDENCE. 
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CORRESPONDENCE. 
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[Copy.] 
Philadelphia, April 9th, 1877. 
Dr. McClure : 
Sir : As I cannot find you at your office in the evening will you 
inform me if I pass a good examination before you on veterinary sur¬ 
gery and medicine, will you give me a diploma if I pay you $100 at 
once. I know all about the business, but I want a Philadelphia or 
Pennsylvania diploma—which is it called ?—that you grant. I want it 
to practice in Iowa as soon as I can get away. A friend of ours at Lan¬ 
caster got his of you I am told. He makes out it cost him much more. 
I cannot pay any more than I state for one ; would rather go without 
one. Yours respectfully, 
J. Wesley. 
[Copy of McClure’s Answer.] 
903 Filbert St., ) 
Philadelphia, April 11, 1877. f 
Dear Sir : 
Yours of the 9th is to hand, and would say that for you to drop me 
a note or p. card on what day you will call on me, as I live on my 
“farm.” Call from 10 o’clock, a.m., to 2, p.m., on any day, and the 
Board of Directors will grant unto you the Philadelphia diploma in from 
three days to one week, and if you say that you know all about the bus¬ 
ings and that you have a copy of my book entitled “ Disease of the 
American Horse, Cattle and Sheep,” by myself, then a diploma will be 
granted to you without examination ; and if it is satisfactory to you, 
copy the enclosed and sign it, and send it along with post office order for 
the money, and the diploma, enclosed in a fine, black walnut frame, all 
ready to hang up in your office, will be sent to you by express or other¬ 
wise in a few days. 
I am, etc., 
R. McClure, M. D. V. S. 
Philadelphia, April , 1877. 
To Dr. McClure: 
Enclosed find post office order, one hundred dollars, for matricula¬ 
tion and graduation fee of the Philadelphia Veterinary College. 
J. Wesley. 
