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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

Carolina
Bill Of Rights
Presbyterianism
Anne Hutchinson
Corruption Of Christianity
George Washington
Epitaphs
Trinity
Anti-Federalists
Plymouth Plantation
Nature Of Man
Vermont
Religious Freedom
God'S Support Of America
Continental Army
Memorial And Remonstrance
Promoting Religion
John Winthrop
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Massachusetts

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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

Message from John Adams to the Officers of the First Brigade

In this letter Adams declares point blank that, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly...

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

The Body of Liberties of the Massachusets Collonie in New En

Excerpts of the early Puritan laws related to religion

Letter to Peter Collinson

The Rights of the Colonists

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