COBIA'S SELECT FEMALE SCHOOL, 1839.
SELECT FEMALE SCHOOL
—Mrs. Cobia wishes to take as Boarders and as Pupils, FIVE YOUNG LADIES, to whom her whole time would be devoted. She proposes to teach the ordinary English branches, and Music on the Piano and Guitar. As her number will be so limited, only those are desired who connect Music with their studies. The Farm on which she resides, situated about half a mile from Pittsborough, affords ample space for exercise and recreation; and Mrs. Cobia pledges herself to keep her pupils, at all times, under her immediate inspection.
TERMS.—Tuition: including Music on both Instruments, per Session, $50.
Board and Washing $12 per month, or per Session, $60.
Applications must be made by the end of the year. A Session of five months will commence on 15th of January next.
Payment is required in advance.
December 18.
—Raleigh Register, December 21,1839.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)