This certifies that the bearer Stephen F. Austin has been a member
of this Institution and a Boarder in my family, most of the time, for
Three Years past. As a Scholar he has been obedient and studious;
as a boarder, unexceptionable. Having passed acceptably the public
examinations, and having during the whole period sustained a good
MORAL character, he is judged worthy of this honorary testimonial.
By order of the Trustees in such cases, provided.
attest John Adams Precepr [Rubric]
Colchester Bacon Acady
Jany 7th 1808