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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

Silence Dogood
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
William Bradford
George Synder
Canada
Tolerance
North Carolina
US Government
Patriots
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Religious Tyranny
Great Britain
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Anti-Federalists
Bill Of Rights
Continental Army
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
John Locke
France
New Plymouth

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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

George Washington General Orders July 04 1775

Washington believed that God's favor would be determined not only by the righteousness of the cause but the behavior of the soldiers...

The Charter of Maryland

Message from the Continental Congress to the People of Great

Congress virulently attacked Great Britain's Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics In Canada. The Continental...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Law

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...

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