1To John Adams from John Trumbull, 14 November 1775 (Adams Papers)
...into the flames, as a Sacrifice to that Poetical Moloch (if such a one there be) who delights...
2From John Adams to Edmund Jenings, 8 June 1779 (Adams Papers)
...and her most solid Characters immolated at the shrine of Moloch and be Silent.
3From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan: Two Versions, 24 January 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Deleted: “Sacrifices enough have been made to Moloch.”