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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

New Plymouth
William Bradford
Tolerance
Promoting Morality
Heresy
Presbyterians
Jonas Phillips
Indians
Continental Congress
William Strachey
Calvin
Baptists
Great Britain
Attacks On Jefferson
Maryland
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Bay
Vermont
Religious Persecution
Colonies

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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 John Adams to Samuel Miller

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Roger C Weightman

This is thought to be one of Jefferson's final letters. Asked to participate in a Fourth of July celebration, he reflected on...

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

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 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

This is the cover letter that Madison wrote when he sent Thomas Jefferson, his "Memorial and Remonstrance," which would become...

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