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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

Colonies
Trinity
Tom Paine
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
France
Anti-Federalists
Value Of Religion
Promoting Religion
Andrew White
Pilgrims
Roger Williams
Maryland
Continental Army
Religious Tests
Vermont
Baptists
U.S. Constitution
John Cotton
Abigail Adams

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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

Benjamin Franklins Request for Prayers at the Constitutional

The Constitutional Convention had been meeting for five weeks, and had hit a perilous deadlock. The large states were insisting...

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....

New Hampshire Constitution of 1784

The New Hampshire constitution provided broad religious rights for all Christians (not just Protestants). It allowed for and...

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

George Washington General Orders October 18 1777

In celebrating victory, Washington always gives credit to God's intervention.

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