John Hancock was sitting in congress with only Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams had stormed out due to Franklin yelling at him about a comment Adams made about the Declaration of Independence that congress had just approved of. Hancock was miserable. He didn’t know what to do. He wanted to help Adams but he didn’t know how.

Franklin and Jefferson just sit there, not saying a word. Franklin was steamed. Hancock knew better than to bother him when he got like this.