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.”
4To John Adams from William Cunningham, 6 May 1809 (Adams Papers)
...the Federal party. If he would not, like “Moloch, vault over all impediments to seize the goal...
5To James Madison from Samuel Harrison, 14 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
...of my Country sacrificed to the Moloch of inexperience if not of inconsideration. With...
6To James Madison from Samuel Harrison, 23 November 1812 (Madison Papers)
...Multitudes of Blessings sacrificed to the Moloch of Inconsideration, and inexperience, I...
7From John Adams to Samuel Miller, 7 July 1820 (Adams Papers)
..., Superstitions, and Hypocrisy—From the Sacrificesto Moloch down to these of Juganaut, and...