HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY, 1801
The undersigned, Trustees of the Hillsborough Academy, respectfully inform the Public, that it is now opened upon a more extensive Plan (than formerly) for the Reception of Youth of both Sexes, under the Management of the Rev. Mr. Andrew Flinn, A. B., who with a proper Assistant employed for that purpose, will teach the Latin, Greek and English Languages, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, and the plainer Branches of Mathematics. The Prices of Tuition are, for the Latin and Greek Languages, Geography, or Mathematics, 16 Dollars per Annum; for Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Book-Keeping, 12 Dollars per Annum, paid quarterly in Advance.—Board may be had in private Families on very reasonable Terms, and an Expectation is entertained that a House will shortly be opened to be appropriated exclusively for the Accommodation of Young Ladies who may be sent to the Academy.
The Healthiness of the Situation, the Plentifulness of Provisions which generally prevails in the Neighborhood, and the consequent Cheapness of Board, and the acknowledged Ability of the principal Teacher, create a Belief that Parents and Guardians will find this Academy an eligible Place for the Education of their Children and Wards, to whose Morals, and Welfare in general, the most unremitting Attention will be paid. Walter Alves,
Wm. Kirkland,
Wm. Whitted,
Wm. Cain,
Dun. Cameron,
Trustees.
Hillsboro', Oct. 16, 1801.
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Raleigh Register, November 10, 1801
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915) 