WOOD'S FEMALE ACADEMY, 1839.
Having procured, at great pains and expense, a Lady from the well known and highly approved Seminary of Mrs. Willard, at Troy, N. Y., I beg leave to inform the public that a Female School will be opened at my House, situate in Northampton county, N. C, 12 miles west of Murfreesboro, commencing on the 2nd Monday of January next. In regard to the qualifications of the Instructress, I deem it necessary only to employ the identical language used by Mrs. "Willard herself in recommending her to my favorable consideration. "She is a Lady of most exemplary character, and amiable disposition, qualified to instruct in all the English branches, French, Musick, Drawing and Painting.

Terms Per Session of Five Months.
Board and Tuition in all the English Branches....... $40.00
The same with the addition of French..............    45.00
Music (a separate charge)........................    15.00
Drawing and Painting (Do).......................      3.00

The Pupils will be charged from the time of entering the school to the termination of the Session, and no deduction will be made for absence unless in case of sickness, and not in that event, unless each case of sickness shall exceed two weeks in duration.
As the number of Students is limited, Parents and Guardians who design to patronize the School, would do well to make immediate application, if by letter, to my address at Margarettsville, Northampton county, N. C.                                                                 Jas. H. Wood.
Northampton County, Dec. 6, 1838.
—Raleigh Star, December 26, 1838.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)