UNION ACADEMY, 1839.
Under the above title, the Subscriber will commence the second session of this School, in the western part of Orange County, on the 15th January.
He has obtained several good Boarding Houses in the neighborhood, at which any number of young gentlemen can find accommodation for six dollars per month. The Subscriber will board a few himself, at this price; exclusive of lights, of course.
The price for tuition, as heretofore:
Classical Department, per session..................$12.50
English Department, per session.................... 7.50
The whole under the supervision of the subscriber.
Dec. 12. John R. Holt.
—Raleigh Register, December 28, 1839.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)