SALISBURY ACADEMY, 1807.
It is with pleasure that the Trustees of the Salisbury Academy announce to the public the revival of a Literary Institution in the town of Salisbury. They have procured for the accommodation of the Students in a retired part of the town, a large and convenient pile of buildings, containing twelve rooms, of which nine are furnished with fire places. The Latin and Greek languages, and such branches of science as are usually studied in Academies in this country, will be taught here by the Rev. John Brown, who has for some Years past been highly and justly distinguished for his success as a Teacher in a similar institution at Wadesborough. The education of Young ladies in those parts of useful learning commonly taught in boarding schools, will also receive that attention which is due to its importance. * * In both the Male and female departments, particular attention will be paid to the grammatical construction of the English language, to reading and spelling it correctly, and to writing a fair hand. We Trustees are under a strong impression that however desirable it may be to understand the dead languages, a knowledge of our own language should be first principally attended to, as it constitutes an essential part of polite and useful education. * * The Trustees wish to employ a lady who can be well recommended, and no other need apply, to take charge of the female department under the superintendance of Mr. Brown. * *
Salisbury, May 13. Maxwell Chambers.
—Raleigh Minerva, May 21, 1807.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
