MRS. MILLIGAN'S SCHOOL, 1807.
LADIES SCHOOL.
Mrs. Milligan respectfully informs the Public that she has opened School in Charlotte, N. C., on the 25th of May, for the purpose of teaching Young Ladies Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Geography, and all kinds of Needle-Work. She promises particular attention to the manners and conduct of the Ladies immediately under her inspection, and hopes to give ample satisfaction to Parents, having taught with success for many years in Charleston, and in several families of the highest standing in S. Carolina being able to produce Certificates of her Abilities in Teaching and also of her Character, from Gentlemen whose Children she has taught. Terms, five dollars for each Scholar for every three months from the above date.Several respectable private Families will accommodate Young Ladies with Board on moderate terms.
Charlotte, June 9, 1807.
—From Raleigh Register, July 9, 1807.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)