ASHEBOROUGH ACADEMY ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1840.
ASHEBOBO
Female Academy.
The exercises of this institution will commence on the 8th of January 1840, under the direction of
Miss Eliza Rea.
The prices of Tuition for a Session of five months will be for Spelling and Reading $6; for the first part of Arithmetic and History, either or both including the foregoing, $7; For Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic $8; for Philosophy, History, &c., $10; Music on the Piano, $20; for Wax Flower Work $7; Wax Fruit $6; the learner to be entitled to six pieces of each.
Boarding including Washing, Candles, Fuel &c, can be had at the Rev. Jesse Lawrence's Where Miss Rea boards, or in most of the other families of the place, at 6; per month.
The Trustees, during the first Session, could only speak of the qualifications of Miss Rea from recommendations which she brought with her from the North; They can now add, from their own observation of the management of the School heretofore, that she will use every exertion for the advancement of her pupils.
The Trustees hope that the remarkable healthiness of the place, the established reputation of the lady who has charge of the Institution, and the low price of board, constitute sufficient inducements for parents and guardians to send to our school. J. M. A. Drake, Sec'y.
By order of the Trustees,
January, 1840.
N. B. The prospects of this Institution are such, that an assistant Teacher will shortly be bro't on from the North.
Fayetteville Observer insert 4 weeks.
—Southern Citizen, January 17, 1840.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
