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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

Carolina
Tolerance
Masons
Delaware
Delaware Congress
Promoting Morality
Pluralism
Benjamin Rush
Massachusetts Court
Condolences
William Bradford
Heresy
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
France
Religious Persecution
Plymouth
Chaplains
Nature Of Man
Salvation
Adams-Jefferson Letters

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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 John Adams to Benjamin Rush

Adams declares God to be "the first good, first perfect, and first fair" and defines Christianity to include all Christian denominations.

Letter from James Madison to William Bradford

After graduating from Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey) James Madison returned to Virginia to find a wave of...

George Washington General Orders October 18 1777

In celebrating victory, Washington always gives credit to God's intervention.

Letter from James Madison to Reverend Jasper Adams

Father Andrew Whites First Impressions of Maryland Its Nati

Father White was a Jesuit priest, and originally wrote this narrative in Latin. Maryland was initially colonized by Catholic...

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