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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

Protestants
Connecticut
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Abigail Adams
Heaven
Maryland
U.S. Constitution
James Madison
Epitaphs
Declaration Of Independence
Silence Dogood
Clergy
Anti-Federalists
Value Of Religion
Delaware Congress
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Toleration
Christian State
Establishment
Anne Hutchinson

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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 July 04 1775

Washington believed that God's favor would be determined not only by the righteousness of the cause but the behavior of the soldiers...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bra

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...

Mayflower Compact

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