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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

Religious Test
American Independence
North Carolina
Plymouth Plantation
Bible
Benjamin Rush
First Amendment
Illuminati
Free Market Of Religion
Religious Tyranny
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Massachusetts Court
Locke
US Government
Christian State
Promoting Religion
Religious Tolerance
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Nature Of God
Establishments

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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

Articles of Confederation

This is the charter that organized the new nation prior to the ratification of the Constitution. Note the final paragraph....

Draft of The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

This was Jefferson's original draft of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. This version placed a greater emphasis on...

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short

Letter from James Madison to William Bradford

After graduating from Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey) James Madison returned to Virginia to find a wave of...

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