HILLSBORO' FEMALE SEMINARY, 1828.
The Summer Session of this Institution will commence on the 10th of July.
LITERARY TUITION.
First Glass, per session............................ $15.00
Second and Third Classes, per session.......... 12.50
Fourth Class, per session.......................... 10.00
Contingent Expenses........................... 50
ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT.
Music, per session................................ $24.00
Drawing & Painting.............................. 10.00
Needle Work.................................. 1.00
Board can be obtained in the most respectable families of the place at $10 per month, including washing, wood, candles, &c. A few young ladies will be received as boarders in the family of the instructresses. July 3. W. M. GReen, Superintendent.
—Raleigh Register, July 4, 1828.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)