SHORT HAND SCHOOL.
The Subscriber has the honor of informing the Ladies and Gentlemen of Raleigh and its vicinage, that he will give lessons on a highly improved System of Stenography, during this and the ensuing week, in this City. Those who may desire to avail themselves of the present opportunity of acquiring this useful art, will please to make early application at the Eagle Hotel.
July 13. T. McQueen.
—Raleigh Register, July 14, 1820.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)