Excerpt from Williams Biographical Annals: With an Introduction by Rev. S. Irenæus, D. D
IT is more than a quarter of a century since I began to collect the materials which are now incorporated into these College Annals. But it was not till I had nearly reached the allotted age of man, that I was led to form the purpose of pre paring for publication sketches of the living and departed Alumni. And I doubt whether I should ever have ventured on...
Excerpt from Sketch of the Late Rev. Ebenezer Fitch, D. D: First President of Williams College
A brief memoir of President Fitch appeared in the "American Quarterly Register, " in 1843. This volume is an amplification of that article, and its enlargement and republication, at this time, are mainly owing to a suggestion and to the liberality of Dr. Samuel Sheldon Fitch.
Acceptable aid and encouragement in bringing out this work have likewise ...
Excerpt from A History of Williams College
As the operations of the American Board had their origin on this spot, and as so many young men have 'here been educated for the missionary service, Williams Col lege has received the appropriate title of The Mission ary College And as it has been repeatedly visited with the special in¿uences of the Divine Spirit, a large space has been assigned to its religious history.
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