J. H. WILKES PRINCIPAL OXFORD MALE ACADEMY, 1832
The Trustees have engaged Mr. James H. Wilkes to take charge of this Seminary the ensuing year. The Winter Session will commence the Second Monday of January next.
The qualifications of Mr. Wilkes are well known, and are highly appreciated by all who are acquainted with them.
The course of Studies will be such as will prepare for any of our Colleges.
Board in respectable families is cheap, and as Oxford is famed for health, morality and good society, the Trustees feel confident that their Academy will continue to receive as heretofore, a liberal patronage.
The terms of Tuition will be for all English branches, $9 per session of 5 months, and for the Languages $12.50—payable in advance.
Oxford, Nov. 14, 1832. James M. Wiggins, Sec'y.
—Raleigh Register, Friday, November 23, 1832
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)