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The Founding Faith Archive

Seminal documents on religious freedom & the spiritual beliefs of the Founding Fathers
TitleAuthorDate
Draft of The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious FreedomThomas Jefferson1779
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin RushThomas Jefferson5/21/1803
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin WaterhouseThomas Jefferson6/26/1822
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Thomas CooperThomas Jefferson11/2/1822
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to F. A. Van Der KempThomas Jefferson5/25/1816
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James MadisonThomas Jefferson12/8/1784
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James MadisonThomas Jefferson3/15/1789
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James MadisonThomas Jefferson12/20/1787
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John AdamsThomas Jefferson9/4/1823
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John AdamsThomas Jefferson4/11/1823
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John AdamsThomas Jefferson11/13/1818
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph PriestleyThomas Jefferson4/9/1803
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Mrs. Samuel H. SmithThomas Jefferson8/6/1816
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Roger C. WeightmanThomas Jefferson6/24/1826
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury BaptistsThomas Jefferson1802
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson SmithThomas Jefferson2/21/1825
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas LawThomas Jefferson6/13/1814
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William CanbyThomas Jefferson9/18/1813
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William ShortThomas Jefferson10/31/1819
Notes on the State of VirginiaThomas Jefferson2/27/1787
Second Annual Message to Congress, Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson12/15/1802
Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of JesusThomas Jefferson5/21/1803
The Jefferson Bible (The Life & Morals of Jesus of Nazareth)Thomas Jefferson1819
The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious FreedomThomas Jefferson1786
Thomas Jefferson's Draft Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson2000
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