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Two older Signers of the Declaration and early American democrats, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, rekindle a friendship and write a lot – about Indians, the economy, War of 1812, the transgressions of the political past, other Signers, good books. As we read the very first letters between Jefferson and Adams since their ‘thaw’ in 1812, we can learn a lot about them and a lot about early America.