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Vediminnished these people. they were so amazing. so strong. and they all -- they all knew -- im a dead man. >> yeah. >> glenn: the more i learn about them, you know, i am ca. telling you, there is a reason our teachers are saying, memmorrize the date -- who cares about the date? their character is what -- what was amazing. >> sam adams, he was so amazing because in talking to another signer of the declaration, benjamin rush, a good friend in congress, the question was how much are we willing to...

After that incident where you had people killed at the boston massacre, they made sure that that was not a show trial. they took john adams, quincy and the best attorneys available to defend the british. they took robert treat painter, signer of the declaration of the independence for the united states but a couple of them got off. this was no show trial. sam wanted to make sure justice was done and he is behind a lot of stuff. >> glenn: tell me a little bit about -- i cant wait to do the show o...

Trust us, were ph.d.s and we know what were talking about. none of the guys believed in god. >> you have the largest collection in private hands of american papers and documents prior to 1800. >> prior to 1812. >> glenn: prior to 1812. okay. continue to go here to number four. >> benjamin rush, one of the three most significant founders. john adams said when he died you had franklip and rush. we never heard of him today. benjamin rush, let me pull it here. he founded the first bible society in a...

First purely american hymn book and took bo book of psalms and put it to music. the book of psalms put to music. psalms 1:19 is long. its 62 pages long in the hymn book. one hymn. 62 pages. >> glenn: these guys looking at this now, the guys would be deemed un-american. >> yeah. part of the radical religious extreme right, whatever the stuff is out there they call them. >> glenn: now this is john adams here, isnt it? >> john adams is a lot of fun. hbo did a -- >> glenn: he looks like it. >> right...

You two are supposed to get back together and write letters. i have the collection. >> what is cool is he also said by the way, in the history book, i saw you both died on the same day. 50th anniversary of the declaration of the independence, which they did, 17 years before it happened in the dream. >> glenn: unbelievable. so he says this, what history didnt know was what did he do about it or what did he say. you have the letter in front of you. this is from john adams to benjamin rush. >> benj...

>> glenn: wait. you have to tell this story from the beginning. were rushing through stuff but tell this story from the beginning. john adams, thomas jefferson. >> benjamin rush. >> glenn: thomas jefferson and adams were friends at first. >> great friends. >> glenn: great friends. then they have so many disagreements they have a falling out. they cant speak to each other. he only becomes president because he says this guy is destroys him, correct? >> exactly. >> glenn: there is a tall falli out....

The way, and benjamin rush who is here. told you before the break, this guy and this guy, good friends. this guy becomes president and he doesnt want to be president but he says he is destroying the republic. so he has to become the third president. they have a big falling out. benjamin rush in the middle of the night has a dream. >> right. >> glenn: he has a dream that he reads a book, see somebody carrying a book of letters between these two going back and forth. its history. he says he writes...

You two are supposed to get back together and write letters. i have the collection. >> what is cool is he also said by the way, in the history book, i saw you both died on the same day. 50th anniversary of the declaration of the independence, which they did, 17 years before it happened in the dream. >> glenn: unbelievable. so he says this, what history didnt know was what did he do about it or what did he say. you have the letter in front of you. this is from john adams to benjamin rush. >> benj...

>> glenn: wait. you have to tell this story from the beginning. were rushing through stuff but tell this story from the beginning. john adams, thomas jefferson. >> benjamin rush. >> glenn: thomas jefferson and adams were friends at first. >> great friends. >> glenn: great friends. then they have so many disagreements they have a falling out. they cant speak to each other. he only becomes president because he says this guy is destroys him, correct? >> exactly. >> glenn: there is a tall falli out....

First purely american hymn book and took bo book of psalms and put it to music. the book of psalms put to music. psalms 1:19 is long. its 62 pages long in the hymn book. one hymn. 62 pages. >> glenn: these guys looking at this now, the guys would be deemed un-american. >> yeah. part of the radical religious extreme right, whatever the stuff is out there they call them. >> glenn: now this is john adams here, isnt it? >> john adams is a lot of fun. hbo did a -- >> glenn: he looks like it. >> right...