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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

Washington's Religious Beliefs
Nature Of Man
Salvation
Afterlife
Canada
New Jersey
Tom Paine
Repentance
Promoting Religion
Plymouth
Protestants
Carolina
William Strachey
Samuel Adams
Presbyterianism
Anti-Federalists
Danbury Baptists
Episcopalians
US Government
Massachusetts Bay

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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

A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity Pleasure and Pain

He wrote this detailed theological statement this when he was 19, in London.

George Washington General Orders July 16 1775

Washington orders his troops to worship and abide by Congress's declaration of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer

Letter from James Madison to Frederick Beasley

Madison's description of why he believes in God is somewhat abstract.

George Washington General Orders November 05 1775

As part of Guy Falkes Day celebrations, Colonial soldiers had taken to burning effigies of the Pope. Washington was appalled...

Silence Dogood No 9

Franklin was just 16 when he wrote this attack on religious hypocrites, using his alias "Silence Dogood." He later recalled...

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