EVANS’ SCHOOL, 1822.
The subscriber having agreed with Gen. Gray, Wm. Hogan, Esq. and other gentlemen of their neighborhood, to teach a School, for one year, at a stated salary, with the privilege of taking in eight pupils on his own account, would be thankful to any gentlemen who may wish to have their sons or wards educated in the Latin or Greek language, for their patronage. The price of tuition will be $18 per annum. Board may be had at $52. The Seminary will commence about the second Monday in December. L. Evans.
Randolph County, Nov. 17, 1822.
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Western Carolinian, November 26, 1822
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)