The time of lighting up.
1784. Said School to begin at Candle-lighting, and continue till Nine o’clock, P.M.—Advt., Maryland Journal, Sept. 17.
1810. From dinner to dark I give to Society; and from candle light to early bed-time I read.—Thomas Jefferson to General Kosciusko, Feb. 26 (from Monticello).
1824. The Rev. Mr. Kidwell, a Unitarian Universalist, will preach at the court house at early candle-light on Sunday evening.—Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Gazette, March 26.
1853. The dancing commenced at “early candle-lighting,” and continued until long, long after midnight.—‘Turnover: a Tale of New Hampshire,’ p. 80 (Boston).
1866. By early candle-light, the company began to drop in one after another.—Seba Smith, ‘’Way Down East,’ p. 37.
1888. The meeting was appointed for early candle-lighting.—American Humorist, Aug. (Farmer).
