NORTHAMPTON ACADEMY, 1838.
NORTHAMPTON FEMALE ACADEMY,
Jackson, N. C.
The exercises of the above institution were resumed on Monday the 15th inst. under the immediate management and direction of Miss HARRIET A. DELLAY, who was recommended to the Trustees by Mrs. Emma Willard, of the distinguished Female Seminary at Troy, N. Y. Miss Dellay has been connected with the Northampton Academy for the last 12 months, and her extensive and thorough knowledge of the various sciences belonging to a perfect female education, her admirable method of imparting instruction, her untiring industry in the performance of the duties appertaining to her station, and her mild and amiable demeanor, have already secured for her the universal approbation of not only the patrons of the institution, but of the Trustees and of all who are acquainted with her both as a lady and a teacher.
The Musical Department is intrusted to a lady admirably qualified to give instruction in that branch.
Students will be charged only from the time of entrance to the termination of the session.
Board may be had in respectable families in the village, at $7^ to $8 per month.
The terms of instruction for the session of five months, are as follows:
For the ordinary branches of English learning..................  $10
"   the higher    do               do ..................    12
"   French and Mathematics................................         15
"   Music .................................................               15
Jackson, Jan. 29, 1838.                       Matt Calvert, Sec'y, B. T.

The Richmond Whig and Raleigh Register, will copy the above four weeks, and forward their accounts to                                          M. C.
—Raleigh Register, March 12, 1838.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)