Brother Jonathan
Example Sentences
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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
By the late 1850s, because he had been claimed by the Know-Nothings for their own, Brother Jonathan was no longer a viable national symbol.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2022
But there was another figure resembling Uncle Sam called Brother Jonathan who emerged earlier.
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
There must be no more boundary questions trumped up, no more attempts to chip pieces off our frontier; or, strong as the desire is to keep friends with Brother Jonathan, something serious will ensue.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
