PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL, 1827.
THE subscriber having commenced in July last a private boarding school, at his residence within a mile and a half of Hillsborough, will receive eight or ten more pupils, should they apply. His number of pupils is limited to twenty-two. The course of instruction, preparatory to the University. A careful attention will be paid to Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Geography, during the classical course.
Board and Tuition $65 per session, or $130 per annum. Parents and guardians who may intrust their youth to his care, may be assured that every attention will be given to their moral and religious instruction. The exercises having closed the first Monday in December; will be resumed on the first Monday in January.
Dec. 5. J. Witherspoon.
—Raleigh Register, December 12, 1826.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
