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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

Persecution
Promoting Religion
Calvin
Quakers
Puritans
Presidential Addresses
Anne Hutchinson
George Synder
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
First Amendment
Isaac Backus
Massachusetts
John Cotton
Massachusetts Court
Rhode Island
Pilgrims
Epitaphs
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Early Christianity
Declaration Of Independence

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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

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price

George Washington General Orders May 05 1778

Washington called for prayers of thanks after France formally allied with the Colonists. Earlier, Washington had clamped down...

Letter from Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

Letter from George Washington to the Roman Catholics in the U

One of Washington's greatest contributions to religious freedom was his insistence, as Commander of the Continental Army, that...

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