Treaty of Tripoli, written in 1796. Read before, and unanimously ratified by, the Senate in 1797. Signed by President John Adams and proclaimed publicly to the nation.
Article 11 of same (emphasis mine):
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As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
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