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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

Presbyterianism
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
France
Protestant
Criticism Of Clergy
Samuel Adams
William Bradford
Thomas Paine
Canada
Patriots
Christian America
Continental Congress
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Church Of England
George Washington
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Pacifism
Condolences
Constitutional Convention
Declaration Of Independence

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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 James Madison to Reverend Adams

As an old man, James Madison believed that the quality and quantity of religious practice had grown when government support of...

Letter from John Adams to Samuel Miller

Letter from George Washington to Benedict Arnold

George Washington had dispatched Arnold on an important mission to secure support from Canadians. Under the Quebec Act, Great...

Letter from James Madison to James Monroe

In the third paragraph, Madison updates his friend James Monroe about the "general assessment," Patrick Henry's proposal to tax...

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.

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