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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

Franklin's Religious Beliefs
U.S. Constitution
Congregational
Religious Persecution
Heaven
Greatness Of Christianity
Colonial
Connecticut
Tolerance
Quebec Act
Pennsylvania
Presbyterianism
Plymouth
Masschusetts
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Congress
Adam Smith
Church Of England
Patriots
Andrew White

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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

Autobiography of James Madison

Madison sketched a thin autobiography in response to a request from a would-be biographer. He writes in third person. He is over...

Charter of Connecticut

Charter of Carolina

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

The Charter of Maryland

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