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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

John Locke
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Locke
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
James Madison
Ratification
Great Britain
First Amendment
Clergy Holding Office
Jesus Christ
Samuel Hemphill
Danbury Baptists
Memorial And Remonstrance
Reason
Religious Tyranny
John Adams
William Bradford
Nature Of God
George Washington
Massachusetts Bay

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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

Washingtons Farewell Address 1796

In this famous address, he criticizes the spirit of faction that erupted among his colleagues. In terms of religion, the key...

Amendments Offered in Congress by James Madison

James Madison initially argued that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary. But in his first race for Congress, he promised he would...

Letter from John Cotton to Lord Say and Sele

Letter from William Bradford to James Madison

In response to a note from his college classmate James Madison that persecution raged in Virginia, Bradford agrees that freedom...

Draft of Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

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