Ironically, both Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. The official document was finalized on July 4th. It took the delegates two days to draft, edit and approve the Declaration of ...

Ironically, Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, both died on the 50th anniversary of the document’s formal adoption, July 4, 1826. Illinois is one ...

They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic missions to Europe, they became close friends. Later, their friendship would sour, and they ...