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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

Massachusetts
Quakers
Jews
New Jersey
New Plymouth
Colonies
Isaac Backus
Heaven
Illuminati
Religious Persecution
US Government
William Bradford
Congregational
Pacifism
Establishment
Oaths
George Synder
Unitarians
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Masons

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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

George Washington General Orders November 05 1775

As part of Guy Falkes Day celebrations, Colonial soldiers had taken to burning effigies of the Pope. Washington was appalled...

Autobiography of James Madison

Madison sketched a thin autobiography in response to a request from a would-be biographer. He writes in third person. He is over...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Canby

Jefferson praises Jesus but says those who believe in the "those moral precepts in which all religions concur" will go to heaven.

Diary Entry of Christopher Columbus

Virginia Ratifying Convention

During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, supporters argued that religion was protected because the document...

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