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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

Connecticut
US Government
Protestant
Luther Martin
Christian America
Continental Congress
Baptists
Jesus Christ
William Williams
John Locke
Locke
Roger Williams
Presbyterianism
Massachusetts Court
Plymouth
Unitarians
Massachusetts
Heaven
Religious Freedom
Franklin's Religious Beliefs

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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

William Willamss Letter

In the American Mercury, William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, complains about the...

Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania

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...

Letter from George Washington to Benedict Arnold

George Washington had dispatched Arnold on an important mission to secure support from Canadians. Under the Quebec Act, Great...

Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of Jes

Before he wrote the Jefferson Bible, Jefferson had tried to get others to create a more honest depiction of the true merits of...

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