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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

New Plymouth
Quebec Act
Christopher Columbus
Presbyterianism
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Jesus Christ
Plymouth
Episcopalians
Samuel Adams
Protestants
Pluralism
Greatness Of Christianity
Massachusetts Bay
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Religious Tolerance
Canada
Ratification
Colonies
Epitaphs

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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 Samuel Miller

Charter of Carolina

The Articles of Association

The Continental Congress In this declaration resolved to boycott British tea and launch several other acts of protest. Unlike...

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

Letter from John Cotton to Lord Say and Sele

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