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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

New Jersey
France
U.S. Constitution
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Joseph Priestley
Locke
Carolina
Episcopalians
Trinity
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Afterlife
Charles Pinkney
George Washington
Religious Freedom
Heaven
Vermont
Deism
Connecticut
Christopher Columbus
Madison'S Religious Beliefs

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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 Articles of Association

The Continental Congress In this declaration resolved to boycott British tea and launch several other acts of protest. Unlike...

Letter from George Washington to Benedict Arnold

George Washington had dispatched Arnold on an important mission to secure support from Canadians. Under the Quebec Act, Great...

Letter from James Madison to Frederick Beasley

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

To The Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia Newport Charlesto

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.

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