NEW BERN ACADEMY, 1798.
The Trustees of the Newbern Academy give notice that on the first Monday in November next, the said Academy will be opened for the reception of scholars, under the direction of Mr. Thomas P. Erving on the following terms, viz.
The first class, in which reading, writing, and arithmetic will be taught; at 20s. per quarter.
The second class, for the study of Mathematics, in the various branches of that science, at 30s.
The third class where the scholars will be instructed in the dead languages, at 50s.
By order of the Board, Samuel Chapman, Sec'y.
October 5.
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New Bern (N. C.)
Gazette, October 12, 1798.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) 
