UNION ACADEMY, 1821.
In Guilford County
Five Miles South of Greensborough.
The Trustees have to inform the public that they have employed Dr. Simon Landreth as Principal of this Institution, whose abilities as a Scholar, are not surpassed by any teacher in the State, in the Greek, Latin and English Language and Sciences. * * *
Nov. 26, 1821. The Trustees.
—Raleigh Register, December 7, 1821
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) |