1To George Washington from Jonathan Boucher, 21 May 1770 (Washington Papers)
, a study of the laws and customs of the Iroquois. The Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh is the father of Candide’s love, Cunégonde, in Voltaire’s Candide (1759).
2To Benjamin Franklin from Alexander Small, 1 December 1764 (Franklin Papers)
What Candide Patrons we are of the Sciences!