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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

Heaven
Promoting Religion
Delaware
Massachusetts Bay
Patriots
William Williams
Christian Nation
Canada
Protestants
Silence Dogood
Afterlife
Illuminati
New Hampshire
France
Samuel Hemphill
Delaware Congress
Corruptions Of Christianity
Maryland
Puritans
Protestant

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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

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...

Letter from John Adams to Samuel Miller

Notes on the State of Virginia

Jefferson wrote this book in 1781 and 1782. His section on religion catalogued the penalties against "heresy," and also included...

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

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