adams and jefferson utterly despised each other when they were both active members of the federal government. jefferson arguably committed treason as adams’ vice president.
they were friends as revolutionaries. they reconciled (by mail, interestingly, not in person) in their very later years. but let’s not pretend that they were anything but the bitterest of enemies as governmental colleagues.
Adams passed the hated sedition act, correct?
Not long after Adams went back to Massachusetts, Jefferson and Abigail Adams exchanged a series of letters and at one point John read them, but it took another 8 or 9 years before he was willing to be reconciled with Jefferson. They had cooperated very well in the American Revolution. It was Adams who insisted that Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence because he admired Jefferson’s ability to write beautifully.