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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

Indians
Religious Persecution
Illuminati
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Christopher Columbus
Connecticut
Colonial
John Winthrop
Clergy Holding Office
Religious Tests
Heresy
Great Britian
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
New Jersey
Charles Pinkney
U.S. Constitution
Promoting Religion
Christian State
John Adams
Danbury Baptists

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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 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...

George Washingtons Circular Letter of Farewell to the Army

The reference in the final paragraph to the "Divine Author of our blessed Religion" is sometimes thought to be an indication...

Letter from William Bradford to James Madison

In response to a note from his college classmate James Madison that persecution raged in Virginia, Bradford agrees that freedom...

The Rights of the Colonists

Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania

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