FALL TERM OXFORD ACADEMY, 1839.
This Institution (incorporated in the year 1811) occupies an eligible and spacious edifice, and is situated in a village proverbial for the good health of the inhabitants. The last Session closed, by a Public Examination, on the 21st inst. The next Session will commence on the first Monday in July, under the superintendence of Dr. D. F. Robertson, who has had charge of the Academy during the past year. The moral and Literary character of the Principal, his experience and success as an Instructor of youth, and the accurate proficiency in Classical and English studies, manifested by the Students at the late Examination, do, in our opinion, commend this Institution to the confidence of the Public.
By order of the Board, Thos. B. Ltttlejohn, Pres't.
Jas. M. Wiggins, Sec'y.
Oxford, June, 1839.
—Raleigh Register, July 18, 1839
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)