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Introduction xix
Presbyterian preacher and college graduate, was its principal. In 1828,
another Presbyterian preacher was in charge, Rev. A. W. Gay. Finally
the school was conducted, beginning in 1837, by Mr. and Mrs. Hall.221
These documents contain very little about the schools of Edenton.
They do tell us, however, that Rev. J. O. Freeman was teaching
there in 1805, assisted by Messrs. 'Nje and Hilliard, who were recom-mended
by "a number of respectable characters in the towns of Cam-bridge
and Falmouth, in Massachusetts."-22 Likely they were Harvard
graduates.
As early as 1806, Guilford Academy was advertised with John W.
Caldwell as principal. ^23 j^ 1818, the school was conducted by JSTa-thaniel
H. Harris and James Kerr.224 j^ 1819, Rev. William Paisley,
a Presbyterian minister, became principal, assisted by his daughter and
Iveson L. Brooks.^^5 j^ 1821, Mr. Paisley was still principal, assisted
by John W. Caldwell, Jonathan Worth and Miss Paisley.226 i^ i828,
the school was in charge of John D. Clancy, a graduate of the Uni-versity.
2-'^ The Jonathan Worth mentioned as a teacher in this school
was the same Jonathan Worth who was afterwards governor of the State.
When Liberty Hall Academy which was chartered in 1778 was aban-doned
in 1780, it was removed to Salisbury. There is no authentic rec-ord
of the Salisbury School prior to 1807. During that year, the trus-tees
announced that they had secured Rev. John Brown, "some years
at Wadesboro," to act as their principal teacher. 228 jjj I8I8, the acad-emy
was in charge of Robert L. Edmonds, who was "educated in the
University of Glasgow" and at Trinity College, Dublin. Mr. Edmonds
was assisted by Miss Eliza Slater and Miss Mitchell, "two young ladies
who have been procured from New York." Later on Miss Mary Ann
Slater, a sister of Miss Eliza Slater, was also a teacher in the
academy.229 Just as it often happens now, the women teachers of that
day abandoned their school room duties and got married. The middle
name of one of our present U. S. senators, whose home is at Salisbury,
is Slater—Lee Slater Overman is his full name.
In 1821, Rev. Jonathan O. Freeman became principal of the Salis-bury
Academy. He was here when called to Raleigh to succeed Dr.
McPheeters in 1827. In 1838, the Salisbury Female Academy was in
charge of Mrs. Hutchison, formerly Miss Nye, who once taught at
Raleigh. She was assisted by Miss Sarah Louise Nye of New York, a
niece, by Miss Emma J. Baker and by Rev. Stephen Frontis, the "native
of France" who formerly taught at Raleigh. 230
A number of other teachers are named in these records before 1810.
Some of them, like Jacob ]Srelson23i at Mt. Clio Academy and A. M.
Rogers232 r^i Greene Academy in 1807, are mentioned only once and
nothing is known as to their antecedents. The Raleigh Star said that
Jacob Mordecai, who conducted a female seminary at Warrenton from
1808 to 1815, was a man of education and taste.233 i^ 1808, Rev. Wil-
221pp. 636-639. 2 2 2PP.326-327. 223p. 168. 224p. 168. 225p. i68. 226pp. 169-170. 227p. 170. 228p.
346. 229pp. 349-351. 23op. 331. 23ip. 343. 232p. 167. 233p. 595.
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