Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumwe munhu aifunga kudaro akanga ari John Adams, uyo kufanana naJefferson akanga akwegura uye ari pamudyandigere apo Chiziviso cheMecklenburg chakabudiswa muna 1819. Apo Adams akaverenga nyaya yaDr. Alexander mupepanhau reMassachusetts, akashamiswa nokuti akanga asati ambonzwa nezveMharidzo yeMecklenburg. Akabva angofunga, sezvaainyorera shamwari yake, kuti Jefferson akanga "anyora pfungwa dzacho, zvazvinoreva, uye mashoko azvo "zvine mutsindo" muDeclaration yake yaJuly 4, 1776". Adams, uyo akanga atamba basa guru mukuwana Continental Congress
kuti azivise rusununguko muna 1776, akanga ava nehasha dzokuti Jefferson zvino akanga agamuchira kurumbidzwa kukuru nokuda kworusununguko nemhaka bedzi yokuti akanga anyora gwaro zvino rinoremekedzwa richirizivisa. Adams naizvozvo akanga achifara pachivande nokubuda kweMecklenburg Declaration, sezvo zvakajeka zvakaparadza kutaura kwaJefferson kwokuva kwokutanga uye kwokutanga. Adams akatumira kopi yenyaya yacho kuna Jefferson kuti awane zvaanoita.