WARRENTON ACADEMY UNDER SOLOMON LEA.
The Trustees of this institution announce to its friends that they have engaged, as Principal for the ensuing year, Mr. Solomon Lea. In his talents and all the qualifications required in a good teacher, they have entire confidence. To those unacquainted, it will be sufficient to know that he graduated at Chapel Hill, and is recommended by the Faculty of that celebrated school. In consequence of renewed interest in the prosperity of this Academy, the Trustees have been better enabled to make a selection of their teacher, and now have well grounded hopes of placing it not only in able hands, but on a more lasting foundation. The first session will commence on the first Monday in January. Board and lodging may be obtained in highly respectable families convenient to the Academy on very moderate terms.
Dec. 19, 1833.
—The Star, January 10, 1834
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)