HALIFAX CLASSICAL SCHOOL, 1807.
A SCHOOL
Will be opened on Monday 12th instant in the town of Halifax, for the reception of Students, where will be taught the Latin & English grammatically, together with writing, arithmetic, the mathematics, geography, and the use of the Globes. Board on moderate terms may be had in genteel families, for any number of Scholars, from the country. All persons desirous of promoting a good school in this neighborhood, are requested to meet at Mr. Hopkins's Tavern on the 24th instant, in order to appoint managers to superintend this institution, and to settle on the terms of tuition, &c.
Robert Fenneb.
Richabd H. Long.
W. W. Jones.
January 10, 1807.
—Halifax Journal, January 12, 1807.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)