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2019-04-09 2019-04-09

The Founding Faith Archive

Early documents on religious freedom and the spiritual beliefs of the Founding Fathers.

Authors

Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Isaac Backus

Topics

Anne Hutchinson
Corruption Of Christianity
Congress
Plymouth
Carolina
Epitaphs
Church Of England
Establishments
Memorial And Remonstrance
Benjamin Franklin
Toleration
Jesus Christ
Bible
Samuel Adams
Northwest Territory
Value Of Religion
Nature Of God
Persecution
Locke
Christian Nation

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Founding Faith

“If asked to recommend the best book on this controversial topic, I would choose Founding Faith.”

- Joseph Ellis, author of American CreationFounding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America

Letter from Danbury Baptists to Thomas Jefferson

This is the letter that prompted Jefferson's famous letter declaring there to be a wall separating church and state.

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bra

Veto Message on Act Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant E

Congress passed legislation providing special legal protections to the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Madison vetoed...

Benjamin Franklins Request for Prayers at the Constitutional

The Constitutional Convention had been meeting for five weeks, and had hit a perilous deadlock. The large states were insisting...

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