CHARLOTTE FEMALE ACADEMY ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1828.
CHARLOTTE FEMALE ACADEMY.

THE exercises of this institution will be resumed on the first day of October, under the direction of the undersigned and his lady. The course of education will embrace Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Rhetoric, Logic, Ethics and History; Drawing, Painting, Music, Plain and Ornamental Needlework.

To give tone and energy to the minds of their pupils, by pursuing such a method of instruction as will insure a radical and thorough knowledge of the sciences they may study, will be the object of the teachers. Lectures on the higher branches will be frequently delivered to the classes after recitation. Strict attention will be paid to the manners and morals as well as the literary advancement of all who may be intrusted to their care.

Price of tuition per Session, (five months) $10.50.
Drawing and Painting, per Session. $10.00
Needlework, per Session 5.00
Music 20.00

Payable in advance.

Benjamin Cottrell.

N. B.—Board can be obtained in the best families at seven dollars per month:—six or eight young ladies can be accommodated in the Academy.
The editor of the Camden Journal and Yorkville Pioneer will insert the above three times, and forward their accounts for payment.

—Yadkin & Catawba Journal, August 26, 1828.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)