A. G. HUGHES PRINCIPAL OF OXFORD FEMALE SEMINARY, 1839.
OXFORD FEMALE ACADEMY.
Instruction will be given in all the branches taught in the best Female Schools in the country. The recitations will be accompanied with suitable explanations and illustrations from the Teachers; so as to give the Scholars a thorough and practical knowledge of their studies.
The government of the School will be strictly parental, uniting affection with firmness and efficiency. The unreserved confidence of the Scholars will be encouraged, and a deep interest felt in their welfare. Such attention will be paid to young ladies from abroad, as will render their connection with the School agreeable and satisfactory.
The Music room is well furnished with Pianos, and it is designed soon to have a Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus, suited to all the purposes of the School, and every exertion will be made to render this what a good Female School should be. Dr. JAMES YOUNG, in whose family the Principals reside, has charge of the Boarding Establishment.
Terms per session of 5 months:
Board from .................................... $40 to 45 00
Rudiments of English Education.......................... 7 50
Beading, Writing, Elements of Geography, and Arithmetic.. 10 00 English Grammar, History, Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany,
Mineralogy, Geology, Languages, &c..................... 12 50
Music................................................. 20 00
Contingencies.......................................... 75
The next Session will commence July 1st.
Anderson G. Hughes,
Anne E. Hughes,
Principals.
"The exercises of the first session of the Oxford Female Academy for the year 1839 closed by a Public Examination on the 14th inst. The Trustees in attendance take much pleasure in offering their testimony as to the satisfactory manner in which the duties of the School have been performed during the first Session. Mr. & Mrs. Hughes have laboured assiduously in cultivating the mind and manners of their Pupils, and their exertions have been rewarded with a degree of success as honourable to them as it is gratifying to the friends and patrons of the Institution. The Musical Department under the care of Mrs. O'Brien has likewise been conducted with great skill and success, and furnishes continued evidence of the diligence and ability of the Instructress."
"The Trustees confidently recommend this Institution as eminently deserving a continuance of that patronage, which it has received from the public for years past."
The Standard, Newbern Spectator and Edenton Gazette will please publish the above for two weeks, and send their accounts to this Office for collection.
—Raleigh Register, June 22, 1839
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)