Historical Documents
Letter from Ephraim Williams, Jr. to Israel Williams enclosing his will, 1755
Last Will and Testament of Ephraim Williams, Jr., 1755
Minutes of the First Meeting of the Trustees of the Free School, April 24,1785
Petition from the Trustees of the Free School to establish a college, 1792
The Act to establish Williams College, passed 1793
Presidential induction speeches
-- Mark Hopkins, 1836
-- Paul Chadbourne, 1872
-- Franklin Carter, 1881
-- Henry Hopkins, 1902
-- Harry A. Garfield, 1908
-- Tyler Dennett, 1934
-- James Phinney Baxter III, 1937
-- John Sawyer, 1961
-- John Chandler, 1973 (with permission)
-- Francis Oakley, 1985 (with permission)
