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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

Toleration
Indians
Tom Paine
Constitutional Convention
Establishment
Pennsylvania
Establishments
William Bradford
Calvin
Jews
Massachusetts Court
Canada
Abigail Adams
Revolutionary War
Pacifism
Congregational
Jesus Christ
Condolences
Promoting Religion
Christian America

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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

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

Diary Entry of Christopher Columbus

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

Letter from John Cotton to Lord Say and Sele

Virginia Ratifying Convention

In the Virginia convention called to consider ratification of the Constitution, opponents such as Patrick Henry argued that the...

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