Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1920 — Original “Brother Jonathan." [ARTICLE]

Original “Brother Jonathan."

On the twelfth of October, in 1710, Jonathan Trumbull was born at Lebanon, Conn. Trumbull was the original “Brother*- Jonathan,” the« sobriquet which at one time was widely used to personify the United States. He was a close friend of Washington and the general depended greatly upon his advice. In political and military matters, Washington would often appeal to Trumbull, whom he called Brother Jonathan. The name became popular with Washington’s officers and finally grew to be used throughout the country to personify a typical American. Trumbull in his distinguished career was clergyman, lawyer, merchant and governor of Connecticut He died in 1785 in the town where, he was born.