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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

Maryland
Northwest Territory
Nature Of God
Religious Tyranny
Baptists
Massachusetts
Mayflower Passengers
Christian State
Toleration
Thomas Paine
Plymouth
Repentance
Early Christianity
God'S Support Of America
Jews
Christian Nation
Adam Smith
Clergy Holding Office
Church Of England
Tolerance

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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 George Washington to the General Assembly of Pres

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price

Message from the Continental Congress to the People of Great

Congress virulently attacked Great Britain's Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics In Canada. The Continental...

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

Letter from George Washington to the Continental Congress

Washington opposed a proposal from the Continental Congress to appoint chaplains on a brigade level, instead of based on smaller...

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