Sacred Ideas
DATE	DOCUMENT			AUTHOR
1390-1600 A.C.E.	Constitution of the Iroquois Nation
1581	The Dutch Declaration of Independence
1644	“A Plea for Religious Liberty”			Roger Williams
1657	“Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of Flushing”			signed Edward Hart, Clericus
early 1680s	“The Second Treatise of Civil Government”			John Locke
1689-1693	“A Letter Concerning Toleration”			John Locke
1721	Persian Letters, “Letter 86”			Charles de Secondat (Montesquieu)
1772	“The Rights of the Colonists …”			Samuel Adams
early 1776	“Common Sense”			Thomas Paine
1776, April	“Thoughts on Government”			John Adams
1776, June 12	“The Virginia Declaration of Rights”			George Mason
1776, July 4	Declaration of Independence (American)			Second Continental Congress
1783, July 11	letter to John Hancock			George Washington
1785	“. . . Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments”			James Madison
1786	“Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom”			Thomas Jefferson
1787	Notes on the State of Virginia, “Query 17”			Thomas Jefferson
1787-1788	“Defence of the Constitutions of the United States…”			John Adams
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 10”			James Madison
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 51”			Alexander Hamilton or Madison
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 52”			Hamilton or Madison
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DATE	DOCUMENT			AUTHOR
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 53”			Hamilton or Madison
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 74”			Alexander Hamilton
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 76”			Alexander Hamilton
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 77”			Alexander Hamilton
1787-1788	“Federalist No. 78”			Alexander Hamilton
1787	“Constitution of the United States of America”			39 delegates from 12 states
1789, March 4	“Bill of Rights” (United States)			First Congress of the United States
1789, May 10	letter to United Baptist Churches in Virginia			George Washington
1790, August	letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport			George Washington
1790	letter to Ezra Stiles			Benjamin Franklin
1791	“Declaration of the Rights of Women”			Olympe de Gouges
1792	The Rights of Man: Part the Second, “Chapter V”			Thomas Paine
1794	The Age of Reason			Thomas Paine
1796, Sept. 19	“Farewell Address”			George Washington
1797	letter to Camille Jordan			Thomas Paine
1802, January 1	letter to the Danbury Baptist Association			Thomas Jefferson
1803, April 21	letter to Benjamin Rush			Thomas Jefferson
1808, January 23	letter to Samuel Miller			Thomas Jefferson
1813, June 24	letter to John Wayles Eppes			Thomas Jefferson
1815	letter to W.H. Torrance			Thomas Jefferson
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Sacred Ideas
DATE	DOCUMENT	AUTHOR
1816, July 12	letter to Samuel Kercheval