JAMESTOWN FEMALE SEMINARY, 1815.
Judith Mendenhall, Jun. has opened a Boarding School, near Jamestown, Guilford county, N. C, in which Girls at any age over five years, and Boys between five and fifteen Years, will be instructed in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, the Use of the Globes, Needle-Work, and Painting. Tuition, without Boarding, may be had on reasonable terms.—
N. B. The School-Room is furnished with a pair of Carey's Globes, a complete set of large Maps and one of the United States six feet square.
11th month, 27th day, 1815.
—Raleigh Register, December 1, 1815
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) |