CHARLOTTE ACADEMY UNDER THE COTTRELLS, 1825.

The Trustees of the Charlotte Female Academy have the pleasure of announcing to the public, that the exercises of this Institution will commence on the first Monday in January next, under the superintendence of the Rev. Thomas Cottrell and Lady. A large and convenient brick building, located in one of the most healthy situations in this village, has been erected, which will be occupied by the Rev. T. Cottrell and family. Ample funds for the support of this Institution, have been placed in the hands of the Trustees by the liberal donations of the citizens of Charlotte and its immediate vicinity, who stand pledged, as well as the Trustees, for its respectability. The Trustees feel assured, from the high recommendations of Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell, with which they have been furnished from the most unquestionable sources, and from their long experience in the management of Institutions of this kind, that those who feel a lively interest in the success of this Academy will not be disappointed. The various branches of Female Education, both literary and ornamental, will be taught; and the most unremitting attention is pledged to the manners and morals of the pupils. Boys, not exceeding ten years old, will be admitted. The first session will close on the fifteenth of June, and the next session commence on the next day and close on the 15th of November. Boarding can be had in respectable families in town, at forty dollars per session. Terms of tuition, in the literary branches, per session, $10. The ornamental branches will be taught on the following terms, viz :

Muslin Work and Marking, pr. Session .............. $5.00
Embroidery and Marking, pr. Session ............... 10.00
Drawing and Painting on Paper, per Session ........ 10.00
Drawing and Painting on Velvet, pr. Session ........ 10.00
Music on the Piano, pr. Session .................... 20.00

Each payable in advance.

N. B. — A few pupils can be accommodated with board at the Academy.
David R. Dunlap,
John Irwin,
Wm. J. Alexander,
Committee.

-----editors of the Camden Chronicle and the Western Carolinian, will give the above advertisement four insertions in their respective papers, and forward their accounts for payment.

-----A meeting of the Trustees of the Charlotte Academywill be held at the Court-House in this place on Saturday, the 31st of December instant. A general attendance is requested.

— Catawba Journal, December 18, 1825.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)