Those Places Thursday: Belleview Female Seminary

Alexandria Gazette
15 December 1835

BELLEVIEW FEMALE SEMINARY,
Prince William County, Virginia,

Is situated near a good turnpike road, 30 miles from Alexandria, 45 from Fredericksburg, and 4 north of Haymarket, and between farms of Stuart G. Thornton, Esq. and Dr. Charles B. Stuart. The situation is one of the healthiest in Virginia.

MRS. MAXWELL, grateful for the encouragement she has received since opening the above, begs leave to inform her friends and the public, that she has made arrangements for the reception of an additional number of young ladies as boarders. Every attention shall be paid to their manners, morals and general improvement. Mrs. Maxwell has had several years experience as a teacher, and her system has been approved in Europe and N. America, as being eminently calculated for the attainment of a solid, useful, and polite education. 

References: Stuart G. Thornton, Esq., Dr. Charles B. Stuart, Snow-Hill, Prince William County; Hon. John Taliaferro, King George County; Mathew Carey, Esq. and Rev. Alexander McCoskry, Philadelphia.

Terms: Board and tuition in Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammer, Geography, with use of maps and globe, History Ancient and Modern, Mythology, Natural Philosophy, Needle Work, muslin, lace, rice, bead, rug, cloth and filagree work, per annum, payable quarterly in advance, $100. Bed and bedding $7. French $16. Music, with use of piano, $24. Day pupils in all the English branches, with works, $16. -- Junior class $12. Embroidery per quarter $8. Shell and Wax work each do. $6. Oriental, Mezotinto, Velvet and Satin Painting, each do. $6. Drawing do. $6.

Belleview, near Haymarket, Dec. 15, 1835.

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