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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

Samuel Adams
Corruption Of Christianity
George Synder
Ratification
Vermont
General Assessment
Pluralism
John Adams
Religious Freedom
James Monroe
Isaac Backus
Repentance
Pennsylvania
William Bradford
Adams-Jefferson Letters
God'S Support Of America
Joseph Priestley
Deism
Persecution
Quakers

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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 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

This is the cover letter that Madison wrote when he sent Thomas Jefferson, his "Memorial and Remonstrance," which would become...

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Thomas Jefferson would put the passage of this law as one of his greatest accomplishments. Although Jefferson wrote the measure,...

Letter from John Admas to Thomas Jefferson

Adams bristles as the Calvinist notion that a man's fate is determined by the grace of God instead of good works. He rejects...

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

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