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The biography traverses the complex long-term relationship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, beginning with their early days as part of the 1775 Continental Congress, when Adams mentored Jefferson.
The biography traverses the complex long-term relationship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, beginning with their early days as part of the 1775 Continental Congress, when Adams mentored Jefferson.
Source: John Adams by John McCullough, chapter 2, page 117. Published by Touchstone, New York 2001:
Adams considered Jefferson his protégé at Philadelphia; Jefferson, impressed by Adams's clarity and vigor in argument, his "sound head," looked upon him as a mentor.