Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Mumwe munhu aifunga kudaro ndiJohn Adams, uyo kufanana naJefferson akanga akwegura uye ava pamudyandigere apo Mecklenburg Declaration yakabudiswa 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
Dare reContinental Congress rokuzivisa rusununguko muna 1776, rakanga rava kushatirwa kuti Jefferson zvino akagamuchira rumbidzo zhinji 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.