Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Otu onye chere otú ahụ bụ John Adams, bụ́ onye dị ka Jefferson meworo agadi ma laa ezumike nká mgbe e bipụtara Nkwupụta Mecklenburg na 1819. Mgbe Adams gụrụ isiokwu Dr. Alexander n'akwụkwọ akụkọ Massachusetts, o juru ya anya n'ihi na ọ nụtụbeghị banyere Nkwupụta Mecklenburg. O chere ozugbo, dị ka o degaara otu enyi ya akwụkwọ, na Jefferson "depụtaghachiri mmụọ, echiche, na okwu ndị dị na ya "n'ụzọ nkịtị" ná Nkwupụta ya nke July 4, 1776". Adams, bụ onye na-egwuri a isi ọrụ na-na-
Ndị nnọchiteanya nke Continental Congress iji kwupụta nnwere onwe na 1776, nwere iwe na Jefferson ugbu a natara otuto maka nnwere onwe naanị n'ihi na o dere akwụkwọ a na-asọpụrụ ugbu a na-ekwupụta ya. N'ihi ya, Adams nwere obi ụtọ na nzuzo na mmalite nke Nkwupụta Mecklenburg, ebe ọ bụ na o doro anya na ọ na-emebi ihe Jefferson kwuru na ọ bụ nke mbụ na nke mbụ. Adams zigaara Jefferson otu isiokwu ahụ iji nweta mmeghachi omume ya.