WILLIAMSBOROUGH ACADEMY EXAMINATION, JUNE, 1812.
WILLIAMSBOROUGH ACADEMY.
The Students of this Institution were this day examined on their different studies before the Trustees of the School, the Parents of the Students and the citizens of the place and its vicinity.
It is with pleasure that the Trustees declare, that the great progress made by the students in their different studies, (to wit:) Spelling, Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Latin, Greek, & Mathematics, evinces their great assiduity, & the high qualifications of their teacher, Mr. L. Holbrooks. They think that they may with truth declare that the School has been ably conducted, the greatest care and attention paid to the studies and morals of the Students and that this infant institution, although it may be equalled by many, is surpassed by none in the State.
The exercises of the second Session will commence on the 16th instant Trustees:
Robert Burton,
Leo. Henderson,
Stephen Sneed,
William Robards,
John Hare,
James Hamilton.
Williamsborough, July 1, 1812
—The Star, July 17, 1812.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)