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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

Thomas Paine
Puritans
Delaware
Nature Of God
Declaration Of Independence
Northwest Territory
Greatness Of Christianity
Episcopalians
George Whitefield
Presbyterians
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Jefferson Bible
John Adams
Maryland
Promoting Religion
Anti-Federalists
Bill Of Rights
Clergy
William Williams
Early Christianity

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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

The Rights of the Colonists

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...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to F A Van Der Kemp

Jefferson explains that his various efforts to highlight what he sees as the uncorrupted portions of Jesus's teachings. He makes...

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in N

For most of the Colonial era, "tolerance" meant tolerance for different denominations of Christians, and sometimes Catholics....

Message from John Adams to the Officers of the First Brigade

In this letter Adams declares point blank that, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly...

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