NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 13, 1826  

* Deaths of Presidents John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
* Extraordinary coincidence in American political history

Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826. This issue has several items concerning them, including some funeral reports. See the photos for the various reports. Nice to have these accounts in this famous title from the nation's capital.
Four pages, minor margin wear, scattered light foxing, good condition.

Background: The passing of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826, stands as arguably the most extraordinary coincidence in American political history, marking the symbolic and literal end of the Revolutionary generation. Occurring on the 50th anniversary (the Jubilee) of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence—a document Jefferson authored and Adams championed—their near-simultaneous deaths were viewed by a stunned nation not as mere chance, but as a "visible finger of Providence." This event served as a final, poetic reconciliation between the two men; though they had been fierce ideological rivals who defined the first American party system, they spent their twilight years in a profound, reflective correspondence. On his deathbed in Quincy, Massachusetts, Adams famously whispered, "Thomas Jefferson survives," unaware that Jefferson had passed away five hours earlier at Monticello. The news reached Washington, D.C., during a time of transition, forcing the sitting president, John Quincy Adams, to lead the nation in mourning for his own father and his father's greatest peer. This moment effectively closed the "Age of the Founders" and solidified the Declaration of Independence as a sacred national scripture, transforming a day of secular celebration into one of solemn, mythic remembrance.