GREGORY'S BOARDING SCHOOL, 1808.
Mrs. Gregory, late from Danville, Virginia, who comes well recommended, will commence on the 1st of January next, boarding and teaching young Ladies the following Arts and Sciences, and at the prices affixed per year:
Heading, Writing, Arithmetic and Grammar, $12, with the addition of plain Sewing and Sampler, $20, with the further addition of Embroidery, Lace-work, fine Needle-work, Fillegree, Artificial and Scrap Work, $30, Geography $8, Wax-work $8, Drawing and Painting, $10, Music $40.
Board, Washing, and Tuition of every description, Music excepted, $100.
To be paid quarterly in advance.
Hillsboro.
—Raleigh Register, January 7, 1808.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
