OXFORD ACADEMY EXAMINATIONS, JUNE, 1827.
OXFORD MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY.
THE Friends and Patrons of the above Seminaries are respectfully invited to attend the Examinations; on Monday the 4th of June, the Examination of the Male Academy will commence. Report to be read and honours to be distributed on Wednesday morning, immediately after which the Examination of the Female Academy will commence and elose with a Musical exhibition, &c. on Thursday evening. The summer session of the Female Academy will open on the following Monday. Rev. Joseph Labaree Principal; that of the Male Academy under James D. Johnson, will commence on Monday the 25th of June.
Oxford, N. Carolina, May 5, 1827. A. Burton, Sec.
The Petersburg Intelligencer, Edenton Gazette, Warrenton Reporter, Tarborough Free Press and Norfolk Herald, will publish the above advertisement four times and forward their accounts to the Postmaster, Oxford
—Raleigh Register, May 11, 1827
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)