HAWFIELD ACADEMY, 1808.
A Grammar School will be opened in Orange County, about ten miles west of Hillsboro,, on the first Monday in January next, for the reception of Students under the Superintendence of the Rev. Wm. Paisley, in which will be taught the Latin and Greek Languages, Geography, Natural and Moral Philosophy, etc., etc. The terms of Tuition will be sixteen dollars per annum, to be paid at the end of the year. The price of Board, Lodging, Washing, etc. will be about fifty dollars per annum. Mr. James Mason, living near to the School-house, expects to have it in his power to board ten or twelve Students; and Boarding may also be obtained in several other respectable families in the neighborhood.
It is supposed, on account of the healthful situation of this part of the Country, the low price of Board and Tuition, together with the tried and approved abilities of the Teacher, * * * that this School will meet with the encouragement of the Friends of Science. * * *
Nov. 18.
—Raleigh Register, November 24, 1808.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
