On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:24:03PM -0500, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote: > "Brother Jonathan" is/was a symbol of our country, much like >"Uncle Sam." It's frequently also just "Jonathan," but >that's difficult to trace. Though the _Dictionary of Americanisms_ does have a 1780 cite for _Jonathan._ Jesse Sheidlower OED