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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

France
Anti-Federalists
Pacifism
Continental Army
Quakers
Establishment
Roger Williams
Jesus Christ
Samuel Hemphill
US Government
Samuel Adams
First Amendment
Presidential Addresses
James Monroe
George Whitefield
Pennsylvania
Christopher Columbus
God's Support Of America
Northwest Territory
General Assessment

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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

Diary of John Adams July 25 1796

Tom Paine had become a leading Deist, arguing against the infallibility of the Bible.

George Washington General Orders November 05 1775

As part of Guy Falkes Day celebrations, Colonial soldiers had taken to burning effigies of the Pope. Washington was appalled...

Letter to Peter Collinson

Who Are the Best Keepers of the Peoples Liberties

In what was otherwise a political polemic, Madison writes a few sentences (the 7th paragraph) that express a personal belief...

Charter of Connecticut

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