United States [1600-1799]

More on Washington and the Newport Letters

National Museum of American Jewish History - Special Exhibition and Interactive Tour of Letters

To Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington and Religious Freedom explores faith and freedom in early America and features the historic correspondence between the nation's first president and the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island.

George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom

To understand how America's current balance among national law, local community practice, and individual freedom of belief evolved, it's helpful to understand some of the common experiences and patterns around religion  in colonial culture in the period between 1600 and 1776.