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FOR SAt.P,A STRONG, healthy NEGRO W*MAN, about t\*euty-t»o ye#« af 35fe, an excellent Cook. £nquirl of tht Printers.January IS ^ . j|)JTFG El4AC£nri£ -ptijilic art Informed that pUP-iuint ii an *cf of the Virginia La- 1 ifislaune, giving autooiity to certain Commissioner*, to setl’hc public build-mgs mrmerly occupied by the district Court at Hay-Market, in tho County of Prince* William,' Virginia j A pwrcl^s* of seici buildings has been made by atl .issaciatiun of gefftlemen, with a view to convert them into a seminary of learning; for tl.e government whereof, A number of the most respectable persons in the adj doing coun’ies have been regularly constituted a board of Trustees* Having been then dulv appointed and instituted, the Trustees have proceeded to the aUeraiion and repairs of the build* injrs, which are now it) readiness forth# accommodation of more than one htin* dred students. They have engaged a professor of the dead languages and belies lettrcs, one of the mathematic#Sc higher branches. (Both gentlemen of liberal education and experience at teachers. The course wf education will comprehend all the branches of literature as pursued in the Eastern Colleges ; (it being intended to apply specdl* ly for an act of incorporation, instituting rhe seminary a regular College, with th# power of conferring degrees. Th# Trustees have likewise engaged a gentle.nan of the first respectability and moral character to act as a Steward and take charge ^the boarding department* On this account they will ever have it m their power to regulate the price of board at the lowest rate; and ftirtheri will be enabled to confine the students to i he observance of regular hours, and of ill the rules of the institution. Th# school will be opened on the first of January ensuing.Of this 'situation, it may be confident? ly said, that no place in the union combines u groatar variety of important advantages for the above mentioned object. The respectability and moral habits of the neighborhood, the uncommon health-fuluess of the place itself, its contiguity t«» rich farms, whose superfluity of tin* best meats, and all other desirable articles of living, must reduce the cost whilst it increases the comfortsof board ; added to the circumstance of its being wnder the fostering care of well fitted persons immediately in the neighborhood. whose duty and interest must alikepion.pi tlicui to a solicitous attention lt;oits welfare, leaves nothing to be desired by parents, who feel a natural regard for the future advancement and prosperity of their sons.By order of the Board.THOMAS TURNER, President* EDMOND BROOKS,Secretary, fTav-Markct, Dec. 8 —11 6wi
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Alexandria Gazette Commercial and Political
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Mon, Jan 18, 1813
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