Brother Jonathan

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Brother Jonathan got caught in a windstorm and struck one of the rocks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

For the first half of the 19th century, he was overshadowed by Brother Jonathan, a carryover from the original colonies.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2022

Brother Jonathan may have morphed into Uncle Sam around the time of the Civil War, before fading away.

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, origin of the name, 442, note.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams