Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
| 1. | John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1536 |
| 2. | The Fundamental Agreement or Original Constitution of the Colony of New-Haven, 4 June 1639 |
| 3. | The Body of Liberties of the Massachusets Collonie in New England, 1641 |
| 4. | Roger Williams, The Bloody Tenent, Of Persecution for Cause of Conscience, 1644 |
| 5. | Maryland Act concerning Religion, 1649 |
| 6. | Roger Williams to the Town of Providence, Jan. 1655 |
| 7. | Carolina Fundamental Constitutions, 1669 |
| 8. | King James II, Instructions to Governor Thomas Dongan, 1682 |
| 9. | Pennsylvania Charter of Liberty, Laws Agreed Upon in England, etc., 1682 |
| 10. | John Locke, A Letter concerning Toleration, 1689 |
| 11. | Delaware Charter of 1701, ARTS. 1, 8 |
| 12. | Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws, bk. 12, CHS. 4, 5; BK. 24, CHS. 7, 8; BK. 25, CHS. 9, 10, 12, 1748 |
| 13. | Patrick Henry, Religious Tolerance, 1766 |
| 14. | Benjamin Franklin, Letter to the London Packet, 3 June 1772 |
| 15. | Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 20 Nov. 1772 |
| 16. | James Madison to William Bradford, 24 Jan. 1774 |
| 17. | William Bradford to James Madison, 4 Mar. 1774 |
| 18. | James Madison to William Bradford, 1 Apr. 1774 |
| 19. | Continental Congress to the People of Great Britain, 21 Oct. 1774 |
| 20. | Continental Congress to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec, 26 Oct. 1774 |
| 21. | Isaac Backus, A History of New England 1774--75 |
| 22. | John Adams, Novanglus, no. 4, 13 Feb. 1775 |
| 23. | Edmund Burke, Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, 22 Mar. 1775 |
| 24. | Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 10 Jan. 1776 |
| 25. | Virginia Declaration of Rights, sec. 16, 12 June 1776 |
| 26. | Delaware Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, 11 Sept. 1776 |
| 27. | Maryland Constitution of 1776, Declaration of Rights, nos. 33--36 |
| 28. | New Jersey Constitution of 1776, ARTS. 18, 19 |
| 29. | North Carolina Constitution of 1776, ARTS. 19, 31--32, 34 |
| 30. | Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Declaration of Rights |
| 31. | Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, bk. 5, CH. 1, PT. 3, ART. 3, 1776 |
| 32. | Thomas Jefferson, Draft of Bill Exempting Dissenters from Contributing to the Support of the Church, 30 Nov. 1776 |
| 33. | George Mason, Amendment to the Bill Exempting Dissenters from Contributions to the Established Church, 5 Dec. 1776 |
| 34. | New York Constitution of 1777, ARTS. 38, 39 |
| 35. | Vermont Constitution of 1777, CH. 1, SEC. 3; CH. 2, SEC. 41 |
| 36. | South Carolina Constitution of 1778, ARTS. 21, 38 |
| 37. | Thomas Jefferson, A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 12 June 1779 |
| 38. | Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, PT. 1, ARTS. 2, 3 |
| 39. | Benjamin Rush to John Armstrong, 19 Mar. 1783 |
| 40. | Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 17, 157--61, 1784 |
| 41. | John Blair to James Madison, 21 June 1784 |
| 42. | New Hampshire Constitution of 1784, PT. 1, ARTS. 4, 5, 6, 13 |
| 43. | James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments, 20 June 1785 |
| 44. | Virginia, Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 31 Oct. 1785 |
| 45. | Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, 1821 |
| 46. | Vermont Constitution of 1786, CH. 1, ART. 3 |
| 47. | An Old Whig, no. 5, Fall 1787 |
| 48. | A [Maryland] Farmer, no. 7, 11 Apr. 1788 |
| 49. | James Madison, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 12 June 1788 |
| 50. | Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 12 June 1788 |
| 51. | Virginia Ratifying Convention, Proposed Amendments, 27 June 1788 |
| 52. | Debate in North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 30 July 1788 |
| 53. | House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, 15, 17, 20 Aug. 1789 |
| 54. | George Washington, Proclamation: A National Thanksgiving, 3 Oct. 1789 |
| 55. | Tench Coxe, Notes concerning the United States of America, 1790 |
| 56. | Alexander Hamilton, Report on Manufactures, 5 Dec. 1791 |
| 57. | Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, pt. 1, 1791 |
| 58. | Thomas Jefferson to Danbury Baptist Association, 1 Jan. 1802 |
| 59. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries, 1:App. 296--97, 2:App. 3--11, 1803 |
| 60. | Thomas Jefferson to Rev. Samuel Miller, 23 Jan. 1808 |
| 61. | House of Representatives, Returned Bill, 21, 23 Feb. 1811 |
| 62. | People v. Ruggles |
| 63. | James Madison, Proclamation, 16 Nov. 1814 |
| 64. | James Madison, Detached Memoranda, 1817 |
| 65. | Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 16 June 1817 |
| 66. | James Madison to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822 |
| 67. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 121--23 1829 (2d ed.) |
| 68. | James Madison to Rev. Adams, 1832 |
| 69. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1865--73, 1833 |
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