LOCATION, CONTRACTOR OF FIRST BUILDING, 1803.
On Thursday last, the Trustees of the intended Raleigh Academy, fixed on the scite of the Building. It is to be erected near the center of Burke-Square and to have a Southern and a northern aspect. The house being already framed, Mr. Goodloe will immediately raise it; and it is supposed the Brick "Work will be done in the course of the Summer; especially if such of our neighboring planters, and others, as have not already contributed towards this excellent Institution, will come forward and do so, in the mean time, that the funds of the Board may be equal to the expence, which, at present, we are concerned to say is not the case. We cannot believe, that the friends of virtue and learning will withhold their aid, when they know it is wanted to complete this undertaking.
Editorial, Raleigh Register, May 18.1803.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
