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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

Baptists
Congregational
Attacks On Jefferson
New Plymouth
Massachusetts Court
Christian State
Trinity
Rhode Island
Heaven
Constitutional Convention
General Assessment
Persecution
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Epitaphs
Promoting Morality
Joseph Priestley
George Whitefield
Catholics
Abigail Adams
Pennsylvania

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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 March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

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...

Plain Truth or Serious Considerations On the Present State o

A Tradesman of Philadelphia," Franklin waded into a vexing religious/political dilemma of his time. Pennsylvania was controlled...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

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