Written accounts
We have studied a collection of written accounts detailing the story of William Tell, then analysed them as best we can. We have noticed several things from our research. The first thing we noticed was that most of the accounts of the story are almost exactly the same, and have all been copy-pasted from one original source, which is impossible to ascertain. This also makes research very hard as most of the accounts are literally clones.
"Identical" accounts from different sources
http://geo.fateback.com/t_story.htm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/586320/William-Tell
http://www.tell.ch/t_story.htm
William Tell - Cultural Mirrors
http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/william-tell-switzerland-hero.html
http://homeschoolfreebies.s3.amazonaws.com/TheStoryOfWilliamTell.pdf
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/586320/William-Tell
http://www.tell.ch/t_story.htm
William Tell - Cultural Mirrors
http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/william-tell-switzerland-hero.html
http://homeschoolfreebies.s3.amazonaws.com/TheStoryOfWilliamTell.pdf