MT. REPOSE SCHOOL UNDER WM. BINGHAM, 1818.
THE EXERCISES
Of the Academy under the superintendence of the Subscriber will be resumed on the first Monday of January next, in the dwelling house of the late Mrs. Hargrave, on Back Creek, about 10 miles north west of Hillsborough. The situation is healthy, the house large and convenient, and the neighborhood very eligible for a school. Board in respectable families may be procured on reasonable terms. Due attention shall be paid to the moral as well as literary proficiency of his pupils. Terms of tuition: for the Latin and Greek Languages, Geography, etc. $18; English Grammar $16; Reading, Writing and Arithmetic $8 a year. Payment quarterly in advance. Wm. Bingham.
Mount Repose, Dec. 15.
—Raleigh Register, January 2, 1818.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
