1To Benjamin Franklin from Alexander Small, 1 December 1764 (Franklin Papers)
What Candide Patrons we are of the Sciences!
2To George Washington from Jonathan Boucher, 21 May 1770 (Washington Papers)
.... The Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh is the father of Candide’s love, Cunégonde, in Voltaire’...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 4 April 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
...books you had lent her, as none but Candide were returned. Giovannini went with them as...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Johann Ludwig de Unger, with a List of Books Returned, 13 November 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
4. Candide
5Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 17 August 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
and Candide, but
6From John Adams to Richard Rush, 11 December 1814 (Adams Papers)
...I can. I have lately read Rassilas, Candide, Zadig, Ionni, Scarmentado and Micromegas, and...
7From John Adams to William Wirt, 7 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
..., as Johnson Said of his Rasselas and Voltaires Candide, one might be Suspected to have given...
8To James Madison from Edmond Kelly, [ca. 17] July 1821 (Madison Papers)
The fate of Candide and Cunégonde, the lovers of Voltaire’s Candide, was to marry out of spite.