WILLIAMSBOROUGH ACADEMY FOR 1812.
The undersigned Trustees of the Williamsborough Academy inform the public that they have engaged Mr. Joel Strong to take charge of the institution for the ensuing year. They entertain a confident belief that the duties of a Teacher will be satisfactorily performed, and they pledge themselves that the utmost care and attention shall be paid by them to the progress and morals of the students.
The school will commence on the first day of January and continue (with the usual vacations) until about the 20th of December.
Price of Tuition: Latin and Greek Languages, Geography, English Grammar, Mathematics, &c. sixteen dollars. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, twelve dollars.
Stephen Sneed,
James Hamilton,
William Robabds,
John Habe,
Frank N. W. Burton,
Henry Ltne,
L. Henderson.
Williamsborough, December 17, 1811.
—The Star, December 27, 1811.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)