The Constitution Reader

II. The Founders on Religion, Morality and Property

Virginia Declaration of Rights (PDF) (DOC)

Fast Day Proclamation of the Continental Congress, December 11, 1776 (PDF) (DOC)

Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (PDF) (DOC)

Northwest Ordinance (excerpt) (PDF) (DOC)

James Madison, "Memorial and Remonstrance" (PDF) (DOC)

George Washington, Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, August 1790 (PDF) (DOC)

George Washington, Farewell Address (PDF) (DOC)

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, January 1, 1802 (PDF) (DOC) 

James Madison, "On Property" (PDF) (DOC)