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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

Afterlife
Quebec Act
Charles Pinkney
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Value Of Religion
Patriots
Samuel Adams
Jesus Christ
Corruptions Of Christianity
New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin
John Locke
Vermont
Plymouth Plantation
Tolerance
Bible
Presidential Addresses
North Carolina
Locke
Jews

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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 James Madison to Reverend Adams

As an old man, James Madison believed that the quality and quantity of religious practice had grown when government support of...

The Rights of the Colonists

The Patriot leader here argues for religious liberty for all, except Catholics.

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...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Roger C Weightman

This is thought to be one of Jefferson's final letters. Asked to participate in a Fourth of July celebration, he reflected on...

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregations of

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