GRAVES' FEMALE SCHOOL, 1819.
The Exercises of the Female School at Long Meadows, will be resumed on the last Monday in January next, under the direction of Mrs. Graves. In this Institution are taught Grammar, Geography, Moral and Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Logic, Rhetoric and History; also Needle Work, Drawing and Music. Boarding and Tuition will be Fifty-five Dollars a Session in advance, except Music and Drawing, for which there will be an extra charge.
The greatest attention will be paid to the morals and religious instruction of pupils put under our care.
Elijah Graves, Principal.
Orange 6 miles North West of Hillsboro.
December 17, 1819.
—Raleigh Register, December 24, 1819.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
