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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

Plymouth
Jews
Heresy
Tom Paine
Continental Army
Canada
Toleration
Samuel Hemphill
First Amendment
Charles Pinkney
George Whitefield
Promoting Religion
Jonas Phillips
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Christian State
God'S Support Of America
Benjamin Rush
Salvation
Pluralism
Carolina

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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

The Body of Liberties of the Massachusets Collonie in New En

Excerpts of the early Puritan laws related to religion

Diary of John Adams February 22 1756

Letter from George Washington to John Rogers

Washington supports the distribution of Bibles to the troops.

Message from John Adams to the Officers of the First Brigade

In this letter Adams declares point blank that, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly...

Letter from William Bradford to James Madison

In response to a note from his college classmate James Madison that persecution raged in Virginia, Bradford agrees that freedom...

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