...Joseph Webb of Fairfield. 4 The form of laying the foundation was this : Each of the ten minister! pave a number of books, and, laying them on a table, pronounced words to this effect : " 1 give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About 40 volumes in folio were...

...Webb of Fail-field. ' "i The form of laving the foundation was this : Each of the ten mi(ni.ste rs gave a number of books, and, laying them on a table, pronounced •words tn this effect ; " 1 give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About 40 volumes...

...college. The transaction was in this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them upon a table, pronounced words to this effect, " I give...for the founding of a college in this colony." About forty volumes in folio were thus given. The trustees took possession of them, and appointed Mr. Russell...

...they met at Branford, each bringing three or four large books, and laying them upon the table, with ' I give these books for the founding of a ' college in this colony.' As it was doubtful whether they could hold property, it was agreed to petition for a charter. To promote...

...work had just been done, the pastors of Connecticut came forward each with his contribution, saying " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." In the days of Tennent and Edwards, the fathers of the Presbyterian church placed their students in...

...another meeting at Branford, the same year, and established the College in this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them on a table,...this effect, "I give these books for the founding a College in this colony." About 40 volumes were given. Various other donations in books and money...

...another meeting at Branford, the same year, and established the College in this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them on a table,...this effect, " I give these books for the founding a College in this colony." About 40 volumes were given. Various other donations in books and money...

...venerable fathers who founded Yale College, brought forward each his stock of books with the words, " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony," yet it is not in this way, pre-eminently, that their sons have sought to build up the institution which...

...purpose, each one brought a number of folios in his arms, and placing them on a table, said, — " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony."* The learning contained in these ponderous tomes might not have been of much value ; but the spirit...

...worthy fathers, who assembled at Branford, in 1700, and laying each a few volumes on the table, said, ' I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony ;' and Harvard, to the dying munificence of an humble minister of the gospel, who landed on the shores...