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Colonial Williamsburg Journal

Title Thomas Jefferson's Wall of Separation between Church and State
Issue Volume 36, Number 01, (CWJ, Winter 2014)
Description President Thomas Jefferson clarified his advocacy of religious freedom in a letter to Connecticut's Danbury Baptist Association which, feeling persecuted by the established Congregationalists, had applied for his support,. His reply may have included the metaphor of "building a wall of separation between Church & State" later quoted in many Supreme Court opinions. Entire Issue of "Colonial Williamsburg Journal" is available as a pdf.
Author Rowe, Linda
Pages 52-58