Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: Ko John Adams tētahi tangata i penei te whakaaro, i rite ki a Jefferson te koroheke me te reti i te wa i whakaputaina ai te Whakapuakanga o Mecklenburg i te tau 1819. I te pānui a Adams i te tuhinga a Dr. Alexander i roto i tētahi niupepa o Massachusetts, ka miharo ia nā te mea kāore anō ia kia rongo i te Whakapuakanga o Mecklenburg. I whakaaro tonu ia, i tuhituhi ai ia ki tētahi hoa, kua tāruatia e Jefferson "te wairua, te tikanga, me ngā whakamāramatanga o taua mea" ki roto i tana Whakapuakanga o te 4 o Hōngongoi, 1776". Adams, nei i tākaro i te tūranga nui i roto i te whiwhi i te
Ko te Kaunihera Continental ki te whakapuaki i te mana motuhake i te tau 1776, i tino riri ki a Jefferson i te nuinga o nga whakamoemiti mo te mana motuhake na te mea i tuhia e ia te tuhinga e whakahonoretia ana inaianei e kii ana. Na reira i tino koa a Adams i te putanga mai o te Whakapuakanga o Mecklenburg, na te mea i tino pakaru te kereme a Jefferson mo te taketake me te tuatahi. I tukuna e Adams he kape o te tuhinga ki a Jefferson kia mohio ai ki tana urupare.