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| | The famous [[Northwest Ordinance]] specifically forbid slavery. | | The famous [[Northwest Ordinance]] specifically forbid slavery. |
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| | ===Republicanism=== | | ===Republicanism=== |
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| | {| | | {| |
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| | + | *[[Samuel Adams]] |
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| | *[[Andrew Adams]] | | *[[Andrew Adams]] |
| − | congregationalist
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| − | *[[Samuel Adams]]
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| − | congregationalist
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| | *[[Thomas Adams]] | | *[[Thomas Adams]] |
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| | *[[Josiah Bartlett]] | | *[[Josiah Bartlett]] |
| − | congregationalist
| + | |
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| | *[[Daniel Carroll]] | | *[[Daniel Carroll]] |
| − | roman catholic
| + | |
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| | *[[William Clingan]] | | *[[William Clingan]] |
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| | *[[John Dickinson]] | | *[[John Dickinson]] |
| − | quaker
| + | |
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| | *[[William Henry Drayton]] | | *[[William Henry Drayton]] |
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| | *[[James Duane]] | | *[[James Duane]] |
| − | episcolpalian
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| | *[[William Duer]] | | *[[William Duer]] |
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| | *[[William Ellery]] | | *[[William Ellery]] |
| − | congregationalist
| + | |
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| | *[[Elbridge Gerry]] | | *[[Elbridge Gerry]] |
| − | episcolpalian
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| | *[[John Hancock]] | | *[[John Hancock]] |
| − | congregationalist
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| | *[[John Hanson]] | | *[[John Hanson]] |
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| | *[[Cornelius Harnett]] | | *[[Cornelius Harnett]] |
| − | episcolpalian
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| | *[[John Harvie]] | | *[[John Harvie]] |
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| | *[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]] | | *[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]] |
| − | Episcopalian
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| | *[[Samuel Holten]] | | *[[Samuel Holten]] |
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| | *[[Samuel Huntington]] | | *[[Samuel Huntington]] |
| − | christian congregationalist
| + | |
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| | *[[Richard Hutson]] | | *[[Richard Hutson]] |
| − | presbytarian
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| | *[[Thomas Paine]] | | *[[Thomas Paine]] |
| | |} | | |} |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | ==religious list of the singers of the us founding fathers from the articles of confederation the constitution and the declaration of indepence |
| | + | A Table of the Religious Affiliations |
| | + | of American Founders |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Signer State Doc. Office Affiliation (Ref.) |
| | + | |
| | + | Adams, Andrew CT A CO(l) |
| | + | Adams, John MA D President CO(b)UN(a) |
| | + | Adams, Samuel MA D/A CO(b) |
| | + | Adams, Thomas VA A |
| | + | Banister, John VA A |
| | + | Baldwin, Abraham GA C CO(j,k)PR(n) |
| | + | Bartlett, Josiah NH D/A CO(b) |
| | + | Bassett, Richard DE C ME(g,j,m,n) |
| | + | Bedford, Gunning, Jun. DE C PR(j,m) |
| | + | Blair, John VA C Justice PR(a)EP(n) |
| | + | Blount, William NC C EP(n)PR(f,j) |
| | + | Braxton, Carter VA D |
| | + | Brearly, David NJ C EP(n) |
| | + | Broom, Jacob DE C QU(n)EP(m) |
| | + | Butler, Pierce SC C EP(j,m) |
| | + | Carroll, Charles MD D RC(d) |
| | + | Carroll, Daniel MD A/C RC(d,j,n) |
| | + | Chase, Samuel MD D Justice EP(a) |
| | + | Clark, Abraham NJ D PR(c,e) |
| | + | Clingan, William PA A |
| | + | Collins, John RI A Governor |
| | + | Clymer, George PA D/C QU(j,n),EP(j) |
| | + | Dana, Francis MA A |
| | + | Dayton, Jonothan NJ C PR(n)EP(j) |
| | + | Dickenson, John DE A/C QU(j,m,n)EP(j) |
| | + | Drayton, William Henry SC A |
| | + | Duane, James NY A EP(l) |
| | + | Duer, William NY A |
| | + | Ellery, William RI(A)MA(D) D/A CO(b) |
| | + | Few, William GA C ME(j,k,n) |
| | + | Fitzsimons, Thomas PA C RC(j,n) |
| | + | (variant spellings: Fitzsimmons, Fitz-Simons) |
| | + | Floyd, William NY D PR(c,e) |
| | + | Franklin, Benjamin PA D/C EP(n)DE(j) |
| | + | Gerry, Elbridge MA D/A EP(j) |
| | + | Gilman, Nicholas NH C CO(j,n) |
| | + | Gorham, Nathaniel MA C CO(j,n) |
| | + | Gwynnett, Button SC D EP(k,o) |
| | + | Hall, Lyman SC D CO(b,k) |
| | + | Hamilton, Alexander NY C EP(j,n) |
| | + | Hancock, John MA A/D CO(b) |
| | + | Hanson, John MD A |
| | + | Harnett, Cornelious NC A EP(f)DE(f) |
| | + | Harrison, Benjamin VA D Governor |
| | + | Hart, John NJ D PR(c) |
| | + | Harvie, John VA A |
| | + | Hewes, Joseph NC D EP?(f) |
| | + | Heyward, Thomas SC A |
| | + | Heyward, Thomas, Jr. SC D |
| | + | Holton, Samuel MA A |
| | + | Hooper, William NC D EP(f) |
| | + | Hopkins, Stephen RI D |
| | + | Hopkinson, Francis NJ D Ep(l) |
| | + | Hosmer, Titus CT D |
| | + | Huntington, Samuel CT D/A CO(b) |
| | + | Hutson, Richard SC A PR(l) |
| | + | Ingersoll, Jared PA C PR(j,n) |
| | + | Jefferson, Thomas VA D President DE(a) |
| | + | Jennifer, Dan oF St. Thomas MD C EP(j,n) |
| | + | Johnson, Wm. Saml. CT C Justice PR(a)EP(j,n) |
| | + | King, Rufas MA C EP(j)CO(n) |
| | + | Langdon, John NH C CO(j,n) |
| | + | Langworthy, Edward GA A EP(o) |
| | + | Laurens, Henry SC A HU(l) |
| | + | Lee, Henry Lightfoot VA D/A |
| | + | Lee, Richard Henry VA D/A Senator |
| | + | Lewis, Francis NY D/A |
| | + | Livingston, Phil. NY D P(c) |
| | + | Livingston, Wil. NJ C PR(j,n) |
| | + | Lovell, James MA A |
| | + | Lynch, Thomas Junr. SC D |
| | + | Madison, James Jr. VA C President EP(a,j,n)TH(i) |
| | + | Marchant, Henry RI A |
| | + | Mathews, John SC A |
| | + | McHenry, James MD C PR(j,n) |
| | + | Middleton, Arthur SC D |
| | + | Miflin, Thomas PA C QU(n)LU(j) |
| | + | M'Kean, Thomas DE D/A PR(m) |
| | + | Morris, Gouv. NY(A)PA(C) A/C EP(j)DE(i,n) |
| | + | Morris, Lewis NY D |
| | + | Morris, Robert PA D/A/C EP(j,n) |
| | + | Morton, John PA D |
| | + | Nelson, Thomas Jr. VA D |
| | + | Paca, William MD D |
| | + | Paine, Robert Treat MA D CO(b) |
| | + | Paterson, William NJ C Justice PT(a)PR(j,n) |
| | + | Penn, John NC D/A UK(f) |
| | + | Pinckney, Charles SC C EP(j,n) |
| | + | Pinckney, Chas. Cotesworth SC C EP(j,n) |
| | + | Read, George DE D/C EP(j,m,n) |
| | + | Reed, Joseph PA A |
| | + | Roberdeau, Daniel PA A |
| | + | Rodney, Caesar DE D EP(m) |
| | + | Ross, George PA D |
| | + | Rush, Benjamin PA D PR(c,e)UN |
| | + | Rutledge, Edward SC D Justice CE(a) |
| | + | Rutledge, J. SC C EP(j,n) |
| | + | Scudder, Nathaniel NJ A |
| | + | Sherman, Roger CT D/A/C CO(b,j,n) |
| | + | Smith, James PA D PR(c,e) |
| | + | Smith, Jona. Bayard PA A |
| | + | Spaight, Richard Dobbs NC C EP(f,j,n) |
| | + | Stockton, Richard NJ D PR(c,e) |
| | + | Stone, Thomas MD D |
| | + | Taylor, George PA D PR(c,e) |
| | + | Telfair, Edward GA A |
| | + | Thornton, Matthew NH D PR(c,e) |
| | + | Van Dyke, Nicholas DE A EP(m) |
| | + | Walton, George GA D AN(o) |
| | + | Walton, Jno. GA A |
| | + | Washington, George VA C President EP(a,j,n)TH(i) |
| | + | Wentworth, John Junr. NH A |
| | + | Whipple, William NH D CO(b) |
| | + | Williams, Jonothan NC A UK(f) |
| | + | Williams, William CT D CO(b) |
| | + | Williamson, Hu NC C PR(f,n)DE(j) |
| | + | Wilson, James PA D/C Ch. Justice* EP(a)PR(e,n)DE(j) |
| | + | Witherspoon, Jonothan NJ D/A Minister PR(c)(e) |
| | + | Wolcott, Oliver CT D/A CO(b) |
| | + | Wythe, George VA D EP(j) |
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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |