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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

Rhode Island
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Masons
Revolutionary War
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
God'S Support Of America
Tom Paine
Vermont
Jefferson Bible
Religious Tolerance
Deism
Roger Williams
Protestants
Indians
Protestant
Trinity
Masschusetts
Continental Congress
Establishments
Christian America

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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 Thomas Jefferson to William Short

Letter from George Washington to the United Baptist Churches

Washington is trying to reassure the Baptists that the new Constitution would provide sufficient guarantees of religious freedom,...

George Washington General Orders May 05 1778

Washington called for prayers of thanks after France formally allied with the Colonists. Earlier, Washington had clamped down...

Diary of William Bradford

James Madison to William Bradford

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