Mr. Higgins has been engaged in the Male Department of the Oxford Academy during the last eight months.
He is a young man of very good moral character, and an excellent Scholar. Thos. B. Littlejohn,
Robt. Gilliam,
Jamss Wiggins,
RUSSeLL KlNGSBUry,
Trustees of the Oxford Academy.
April 8, 1838.
Those inclined to send their children would do well to apply immediately, as the number of boarders taken in will be very limited, and the first Session has commenced this day. Seth Jones.
Pomona, 14 miles N. E. of Raleigh, July 2nd, 1838.
P. S.—The above situation is remarkably healthy.
Standard.
—Raleigh Register, July 9 1838.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
