Limington
Dear Malley,
I want you to write me a good long letter, let me know how you are getting along with your studies, are they very hard; I see by the report your rank is not so high as last year, I want you to try with all your might to do your very best- don’t relax your effort in the least. I want you to take a high stand in every respect in murrals [sic] and religion, as well as in intellectual and scientific culture. I wish you would write me a good long letter once in a while. I will answer all your questions, and write all the news.
With Love,
Mother
Sarah Prince Miltimore McArthur to her son, Malcolm McArthur [McArthur Family Papers]