MR. MUSHAT LEAVES STATESVILLE, 1825
EDUCATION
Through the solicitaiton of his friends and employers, the subscriber has agreed to continue the usual course of his academical instructions at Fort Defiance, near Statesville, Iredell Co., N.C. during the ensuing year. The terms are as follows: Every young man will be required to produce satisfactory testimonials of his sobriety and temperance. No young man will be admitted who has been expelled or suspended from any similar institution. No student will be admitted for a term less than two sessions; the first to commence on the 2d of January and end on the 7th of June; the second to commence on the 8th of June and end on the 16th of November. The price of tuition will be $10 per session, to be paid at the close of each session. The price of boarding, including washing, firewood and candles, will be $7 per month, to be paid at the end of each session.
Nov. 18, 1825
John Mushat
Catawba Journal, November 29, 1825
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915) |
