HALSLEY'S SCHOOL, 1836.
The subscriber will open a school at his plantation, on the sound, eight miles from Wilmington, formerly the property of Alex. Peden, deceased, on the 23rd May, ensuing, where scholars of either sex will be instructed in the different English branches. Eight or ten boarders can be accommodated at four dollars per month, each boarder will furnish his own bedding. Application can be made to the editor of this paper, previous to the above specified time or to the subscriber.
Terms.
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, $3.00 per quarter.
English Grammar, History and Geography, $4.00 per quarter.
B. W. Halsley.
—Wilmington Advertiser, May 6, 1836.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915) |