OXFORD ACADEMY EXAMINATION, 1824,
THE Examination of the Students in the Oxford Male Academy, will take place on Friday the 13th of November, next, and will close on the following day. Parents and guardians are respectfully invited to attend. The first session of 1825 wilt commence on the first Monday in January, under the special care of Mr. James D. Johnson.
Oct. 21st, 1824. Wm. M. Sneed, Sec'y.
—Raleigh Register, October 26, 1824
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)