In his August 10–11, 1815 letter to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson reflects on their uncanny synchronicity in correspondence and answers Adams’s concerns about Revolutionary history. Jefferson admits that no one can truly write the Revolution’s story, since Congress’s secret deliberations were never recorded, though he praises Madison’s detailed notes from the Constitutional Convention. He criticizes both Botta’s fictionalized speeches and Marshall’s partisan history of Washington. Turning to Europe, Jefferson assesses Napoleon’s shifting role—from despot to reluctant defender of national independence—and, after news of Napoleon’s second abdication, expresses cautious optimism for France’s political future.