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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

Masschusetts
American Independence
Christopher Columbus
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Religious Freedom
Promoting Religion
Corruption Of Christianity
Reason
Illuminati
Benjamin Franklin
Oaths
Religious Persecution
Patrick Henry
Afterlife
Epitaphs
Jesus Christ
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Jonas Phillips
Unitarians
Plymouth Plantation

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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 George Washington to Benedict Arnold

George Washington had dispatched Arnold on an important mission to secure support from Canadians. Under the Quebec Act, Great...

Letter form Benjamin Franklin to George Whitefield

George Whitefield was a leader of the Great Awakening, a period of evangelical resurgence around 1838-1840. Though Franklin...

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

Letter from Jonas Phillips to President and Members of the Co

A Jew from Philadelphia writes to the Constitutional Convention urging them to reject a Pennsylvania law requiring that office...

Diary of John Adams February 22 1756

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