MULOCK'S ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1838.
ENGLISH SCHOOL—MR. J. MULOCK,
Having removed his school to the house one door north of the store of Mr. J. M. Cazaux, in the town of Wilmington, will commence the first regular term on Monday the 5th of November next. In this school, designed for males, will be taught the elementary and higher branches of English education, viz: Orthography, Reading, Writing, Geography, Grammar, Arithmetic, History, Philosophy, Chemistry, Rhetoric, Composition, Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration, Surveying, & Astronomy.
Terms of tuition for the first seven branches in the above order, $6.50 per quarter of twelve weeks. An extra charge of $1 is made for each of the other higher branches.
As the number of pupils is limited, early application is desirable.
—Wilmington Advertiser, October 26, 1838.

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