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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

George Washington
Plymouth Plantation
Deism
Massachusetts
Anti-Federalists
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Jews
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Jesus Christ
Episcopalians
US Government
New Jersey
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Connecticut
Promoting Morality
Christian State
Tom Paine
First Amendment
Congress
Presidential Addresses

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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

Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments

This is one of the most important documents in the history of religious freedom. James Madison wrote it as part of a drive (by...

James Madison to James Monroe

Draft of The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

This was Jefferson's original draft of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. This version placed a greater emphasis on...

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Done with his official work for the day, Thomas Jefferson sat in the new presidential mansion in Washington in 1803 and opened...

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