Hillsborough Academy Papers, PC.596
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Hillsborough Academy Papers
- Call Number
- PC.596
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1776, 1783-1790
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Papers relating to the academy, including list of 73 subscribers (1783); and partial minutes (1784-1788) of the board of trustees (James Hogg, William Hooper, William Johnston, James Iredell, Alfred Moore, Alexander Martin, and others) concerning board elections, teachers, repairs, land purchase, curriculum, schedule, examinations, fees, and collection of subscriptions. Also included are an account book of receipts and expenditures (1784-1789); list of 65 defaulting subscribers (1788), some taken to court; receipts for salaries and tuition; and settlement with estate of schoolmaster Zadoc Squire (1787-1790).