WILLIAMSBOROUGH FEMALE ACADEMY FOR 1812.
WILLIAMSBOROUGH
Female Academy & Boarding School, will be continued the ensuing year under the superintendence of Mr. and Mrs. Burton, where Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography and Needle work will be taught.
For board and tuition (each finding a pair of sheets, Blankets and Counterpanes) seventy dollars per annum, paid quarterly and in advance.
The exercises of the School will commence the 1st of January, and end the 15th of December. The summer vacation from the 22nd of June to the first Monday in July.
The pleasant and healthy situation of the place, and the proper distance it is from the most public part of Williamsborough, being nearly half a mile, renders it desirable for the residence of young Ladies who wish to enjoy their health, and sufficient retirement for the prosecution of their studies.
The greatest attention will be paid by Mrs. Burton to the young Ladies placed under her care.
November 14, 1811.
—The Star, November 22, 1811.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)