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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

Indians
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Condolences
Maryland
Massachusetts Bay
Northwest Territory
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
William Strachey
Early Christianity
Illuminati
Anti-Federalists
Religious Test
George Washington
Isaac Backus
Delaware Congress
Bill Of Rights
Congress
Salvation
Repentance
Locke

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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

To the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec

Just five days after complaining that Britain, through the Quebec Act, was giving too much freedom to Canadian Catholics, the...

A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law

Patriots equated the practices of the Church of England with that of the Catholic Church. On August 12, 1765, the Boston Gazette...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith

In his later years, Jefferson offers his religious and moral creed to the son of a friend.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than himself write a book on the merits of Christianity. He wrote a "Syllabus...

Drafts of the First Amendment in Congress

The First Amendment didn't go from James Madison's pen straight to the National Archives. It was the product of legislative wrangling...

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