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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

Constitutional Convention
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Pluralism
Religious Freedom
Jefferson Bible
Tolerance
Adams-Jefferson Letters
France
First Amendment
Church Of England
Heresy
Criticism Of Clergy
Epitaphs
Great Britain
Nature Of Man
Presidential Addresses
Luther Martin
Declaration Of Independence
Massachusetts
Colonial

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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

George Washington General Orders May 05 1778

Washington called for prayers of thanks after France formally allied with the Colonists. Earlier, Washington had clamped down...

Diary of John Adams November 30 1804

Adams explains how a controversy over a preacher drove him away from choosing the ministry as a career. Bryant had been driven...

George Washington General Orders May 15 1776

Washington implements Congress order for a day of Thanksgiving and prayer.

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...

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