101Bernard Peyton to James Madison, 30 July 1833 (Madison Papers)
...by Aleck in good order To your address Two Boxes Candles, Two <...> Lim<...> one Small...
102[Diary entry: 4 November 1787] (Washington Papers)
Clear and pleasant with but little wind. After candles were lighted Mr. and Mrs. Powell came in.
103Receipt of Payment for Carriage Equipment, [3 February 1810] (Madison Papers)
and, more frequently, candle (
104Memorandum re Gibson & Jefferson, 4 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
...05. Wrote to Gibson & Jefferson for 30. ℔ candles
105Enclosure: Moses Brown to John Dexter, 22 July[–15 October] 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
...80 to 130,000 lb Weight of Spermacity candles were Annualy Made here from the year 1760...Candles
106Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
...She added: “Several hundred men and boys with candles in their hands—all ranks; many Officers,...
107Memorandum Books, 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
James for charcoal 6.D. Myrtle candles of last year out. 44 ℔ tallow candle 40/4.
108To John Adams from the Marquis de Lafayette, 9 January 1786 (Adams Papers)
The Article of Spermacetti Candles may go a great Length: Samples have been sent... ...the Candles...
109Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams 2d, 14 February 1786 (Adams Papers)
...suppose, in a kind of triumph, looking at our Candle, for she, like your Brother, is a Bird...
110To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Collinson, 7 March 1754 (Franklin Papers)
...are extreamly obliged to you for the Wax Candles and the Treaties, they are very Elegant as...