Text reads: "1892-1893, The Board of Lady Managers of the Worlds Columbian Commission by virtue of the authority vested in it by an Act of Congress of the United States of America hereby appoints Miss Ellen C. Sabin of Wisconsin to act as a Judge in the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Chicago, July 15, 1893." Signed by the President of the Board of Lady Managers and the Chairman Committee on Awards.