Printed text on the item reads "This certifies that John B. ... by diligence and good behaviour, merits the approbation of Friends and Instructors, M.A. Brown." Printed text at the bottom of the item reads "Sold by Chales Whipple, Bookseller, No. 4, State-street, Newboryport." In the illustration a woman writes at a desk with a globe and sheets of paper at her feet.
