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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

Nature Of God
Connecticut
God'S Support Of America
Rhode Island
Quebec Act
Presbyterianism
Promoting Morality
Memorial And Remonstrance
Masons
U.S. Constitution
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
Great Britain
Establishment
Catholics
Anne Hutchinson
North Carolina
Puritans
Benjamin Franklin
Northwest Territory
Madison'S Religious Beliefs

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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

Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

It was the right as well as the duty" to worship "the Supreme Being." While some states were moving to end the practice of having...

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.

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

Second Annual Message to Congress Thomas Jefferson

Even though he supported separation of church and state and criticized much religion, Jefferson still seemed to believe that...

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

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