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Early State Documents Colony Charters
- 1st Virginia Charter, 1606
- 2nd
Virginia Charter, 1609
- 3rd
Virginia Charter, 1612
- Mayflower
Compact, 1620
- Massachusetts
Bay Colony Charter, 1629
- Connecticut
Fundamental Orders, 1639
- Connecticut
Charter, 1662
- Rhode
Island Charter, 1663
- Delaware
Colonial Charter, 1701
State Constitutions - Connecticut
Constitution, 1776
- Maryland
Constitution, 1776
- North
Carolina Constitution, 1776
- Pennsylvania
Constitution, 1776
- Virginia
Declaration of Rights, 1776
- Delaware
Constitution, 1776
- New
Jersey Constitution, 1776
- Georgia
Constitution, 1777
- New
York Constitution, 1777
- South
Carolina Constitution, 1778
- Massachusetts
Constitution, 1780
- New
Hampshire Constitution, 1784
- Connecticut
Constitution, 1818
- Rhode
Island Constitution, 1842
Statements Regarding Religion and Religious Liberty
- John Winthrop, A
Modell of Christian Charity, 1630
- Roger
Williams, The Bloody Tenet of Persecution, 1644
- William
Penn, The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience, 1670
- Red
Jacket, Speech to the Iroquois Six Nations, 1805
- de
Tocqueville Democracy in America, 1863
- John
Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration, 1689
- Isaac
Backus, An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty, 1773
Declaration of Independence
Bills and Legislation
States Call for Religious Liberty Amendment
Congressional Debates, First Amendment Early Federal Legislation Early Presidents Inaugural Addresses
- Washington, 1st Inaugural,
1789
- Washington,
2nd Inaugural, 1793
- Adams,
Inaugural, 1797
- Jefferson,
1st Inaugural, 1801
- Jefferson,
2nd Inaugural, 1805
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Madison, 1st Inaugural, 1809
- Madison,
2nd Inaugural, 1813
Proclamations - Washington
Thanksgiving, 1789
- Washington
Thanksgiving, 1795
- Adams
Fasting, 1798
- Adams
Fasting, 1799
- Madison
Prayer, 1812
- Madison
Prayer, 1813
- Madison
Fasting, 1814
- Madison
Thanksgiving, 1815
James Madison - Madison
Letter to Bradford, September 25, 1773
- Madison
Letter to Bradford, January 24, 1774
- Madison
Letter to Bradford, April 1, 1774
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Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785 (along
with Madison's 1826 reflections on the same)
- Madison
Letter to Randolph, July 26, 1785
- Madison
Against Virginia's Establishment of the Episcopal Church, 1786
- Madison
Letter to Jefferson on the Bill Concerning Religious Freedom, January 22, 1786
- The
Federalist No. 10, November 23, 1787
- The
Federalist No. 51, February 6, 1788
- Madison
Letter to Randolph, April 10, 1788
- Madison
Speech to Virginia Assembly Regarding Religious Freedom, June 12, 1788
- Madison's
Letter to Jefferson Regarding the Proposed Bill of Rights, October 17, 1788
- Madison
on Property, 1792
- Madison,
Veto Messages, February 1811
- Madison
Letter to Everett Regarding Theological Professorships Within a Secular University,
March 19, 1823
- Madison
Letter to Beasley Regarding Proofs of God, November 20, 1825
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Madison Letter to Reverend Adams, 1832
Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson Query XVII, 1782
- Jefferson
Letter to Rush, 1800
- Jefferson
Memo, 1800
- Jefferson
Letter to Robinson, 1801
- Jefferson
Letter to Danbury, 1802
- Jefferson
Letter to Lincoln, 1802
- Sr.
Marie Therese Farjon of St. Xavier Letter to Jefferson,
1804
- Jefferson
Letter to Sr. Marie Therese Farjon of St. Xavier, 1804
- Jefferson
Letter to Miller, 1808
- Jefferson
Letter to Baltimore Baptist, 1808
- Jefferson
Letter to Stiles, 1819
- Jefferson
Letter to Cooper, 1822
- Jefferson
Minutes, University of Virginia, 1822-25
George Washington Other Founders Blaine Amendment |
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