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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

Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Andrew White
Pluralism
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Delaware
Pacifism
Canada
South Carolina
Thomas Paine
Indians
Catholic Church
Toleration
Revolutionary War
Attacks On Jefferson
Chaplains
Great Britain
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Oaths
Religious Persecution
Bible

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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 Benjamin Franklin to Elizabeth Hubbart

Though he later called himself a Deist, Franklin shows in this condolence note his belief In a soul and afterlife. "Why then...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Priestley

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than he would write a book on the true merits of Christianity. He eventually...

Delaware Constitution of 1776

Article 22 of the Constitution required officeholders to swear belief in the Trinity and the "divine inspiration" of the Bible.

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...

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

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