TARBORO ACADEMY BUILDING.
To Undertakers,
Will be let to the lowest Undertaker, on Thursday the 26th of August next, the Building of an Academy in the Town of Tarborough, of the following dimensions, to wit: 60 feet in length by 24 feet in width, two stories high, the lower 12 feet, and the upper 10 feet pitch. * * * The materials are to be of Wood * * * Twelve months will be given to complete the Job in, and Bond with security will be required of the Undertaker for the faithful performance of the Work.
Thomas Guion, Jas. Southerland,
S. D. COTTEN,
Jos. Bell, Theo. Parker,
Commissioners.
Tarborough, July 21.
—Raleigh Register, July 30, 1813.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) 