LLOYD AND BAILEY’S SCHOOL, 1840.
FEMALE SCHOOL.
Mrs. Lloyd & Miss Bailey propose to open a school for young Ladies in Wilmington in October next. They will give a thorough course of instruction in the various branches of Literature & Science, usually taught in the Higher Schools, including the Higher Mathematics and the Natural Sciences; also the French & Latin Languages, Music on the Piano Forte and Guitar, accompanied by the voice. Further particulars will be given hereafter. They have had experience in teaching, and are permitted to refer to the Rev. Messrs. Drane & Eeles of Wilmington, Dr. S. B. Everett of Smithville, and Rev. Messrs. Colton & Bailey of Fayetteville.
—Wilmington Weekly Chronicle, June 10, 1840

(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)