00:00This man's hand was destroyed by writing, and he couldn't stop.
00:04John Adams wrote so many letters his hand permanently deformed.
00:08No typewriter, no correction tape, just quill, ink, and candlelight.
00:14He produced over 100,000 pages of correspondence in his lifetime.
00:20After reconciling with Thomas Jefferson in 1812, they exchanged over 1,200 letters together.
00:28Historians call it one of history's greatest intellectual exchanges.
00:33Two rivals, one extraordinary conversation.
00:37Adams wrote more words than most novelists ever will.
00:41And every page captured a nation being born in real time.
00:45Archivists spent decades cataloging his letters alone.
00:49That collection became the model for preserving handwritten records worldwide.
00:54One man's obsession literally shaped how we remember America.
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