John Adams' Last Words: Fact or Fiction?

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John Adams' last words are widely believed to be "Thomas Jefferson survives," reflecting his long-standing relationship with Jefferson, who had passed away just hours earlier. This statement is not considered controversial, and there is no credible evidence suggesting it was fabricated or related to any supernatural experiences. Adams and Jefferson, both key figures in American history and long-term political rivals, eventually reconciled and shared a mutual desire to live until the Fourth of July, the anniversary of the nation they helped establish. The communication methods of their time meant that Adams was unaware of Jefferson's death at the moment he spoke.
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Is it true that John Adams' last words were something to the effect of, "Thomas Jefferson survives" or could that easily be fabricated? It sounds like it implies he saw the ghost of Jefferson before he himself died.
 
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Adams and Jefferson were long term political opponents.
They eventually reconciled.
Both were interested in living to the 4th of July, the birthday of the country they both helped to found. They were two of the longest surviving founders.
Jefferson had died hours before, but communications were not modern, and word of it had not yet arrived to wherever Adams was.
There does not seen to be any controversy about his last words.
I have never heard about ghosts wrt this.
 
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wrt?
 
LightningInAJar said:
wrt?
"with respect to" --- do you not know how to use Google?
 
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phinds said:
"with respect to" --- do you not know how to use Google?
Sorry. Typos aren't unheard of.
 
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The piece came-up from the "Lame Jokes" section of the forum. Someobody carried a step from one of the posts and I became curious and tried a brief web search. A web page gives some justification of sorts why we can use goose(s)-geese(p), but not moose(s)-meese(p). Look for the part of the page headed with "Why isn't "meese" the correct plural?" https://languagetool.org/insights/post/plural-of-moose/
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