Brother Jonathan
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The name “Jonathan” was taken from a caricature called Brother Jonathan, a precursor of Uncle Sam, an unmannered, forthright, patriotic New Englander.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023
As a figure, Brother Jonathan was an enterprising, if crafty, businessman.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2022
It's possible that the lankiness and facial features that Uncle Sam inherited from later depictions of Brother Jonathan were a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021
He replaced Brother Jonathan, a New Englander, as an American icon in the early 19th century after an article circulated in the May 12, 1830, New York Gazette.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2015
Brother Jonathan thinks and talks of cotton, and flour, and dollars, and the ups and downs of stocks.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
