Jeffersons Letter To The Danbury Baptists. Gentlemen the affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express Nelson, a committee of the danbury baptist association in the state of connecticut.
In the letter, jefferson used the metaphor of the “wall of separa tion between church The letter to the danbury baptists was penned by thomas jefferson to a religious group in connecticut, and is the famous source for the separation of church and state line often incorrectly cited as being included in the united states constitution. Nehemiah dodge, ephraim robbins, and stephen s.
Nelson, a committee of the danbury baptist association in the state of connecticut.
In the letter, jefferson used the metaphor of the “wall of separa tion between church Thomas jeffersonõs letter to the danbury baptist association 1802 thomas jefferson (1743ð1826) wrote this epistle in late 1801 and early 1802 as a response to a letter that was both congratulatory (on his election in 1800) and petitionary (asking for a statement of support on religious liberty) from the danbury baptist association. To messers nehemiah dodge, ephraim robbins, and stephen s. Thomas jefferson’s danbury letter on january 1, 1802 thomas jefferson wrote a letter to the danbury baptist association of connecticut in reply to a letter they had written congratulating him on being elected to the presidency, complaining about the connecticut federalist government’s religious oppression and supporting the need for freedom.