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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

Adams-Jefferson Letters
Anti-Federalists
Mayflower Passengers
George Synder
Catholics
God'S Support Of America
Religious Tolerance
Epitaphs
Canada
Nature Of Man
John Cotton
Jefferson Bible
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Tolerance
Jews
Early Christianity
Puritans
Danbury Baptists
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams

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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

Diary of John Adams February 21 1765

Found in his diary, this was a draft of a longer essay on cannon and feudal law.

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 March 07 1756

Adams believes in a free market of religious ideas, in which the best ones emerge from an open discussion.

George Washington Proclamation A National Thanksgiving

Washington went much farther than modern politicians in leading the country in prayer and praise of God.

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