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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

France
Danbury Baptists
James Monroe
Ratification
Nature Of God
Epitaphs
Great Britain
Isaac Backus
Nature Of Man
Delaware Congress
Patrick Henry
North Carolina
John Winthrop
John Locke
Religious Tyranny
New Plymouth
Locke
Free Market Of Religion
New Hampshire
Value Of Religion

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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

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Priestley

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than he would write a book on the true merits of Christianity. He eventually...

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

Letter from James Madison to James Monroe

In the third paragraph, Madison updates his friend James Monroe about the "general assessment," Patrick Henry's proposal to tax...

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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