Samuel Wilson

Uncle Sam figures the United States
Samuel Wilson (born in Menotomy, Massachusetts, 13 September 1766 - died July 31, 1854 at age 87 years) is a supplier of meat from Troy, New York. His name is the origin of the personification of "Uncle Sam" on the United States. Samuel was born in Arlington (then known as Menotomy), Massachusetts. During the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson worked as a meat supplier in Troy. He was awarded the contract to supply beef to the U.S. troops. Samuel sent in barrels. Barrels are stamped with the words "U. S." (United States, the United States), but the soldiers shortened it to "Uncle Sam" (Uncle Sam). Uncle Sam (the initials of the U.S.) is a common national personification of the American government who according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and should be named after Samuel Wilson.



The first use of Uncle Sam in the literature was in 1816 allegorical book Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After Loss by Judge Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. Early personification of what would become the United States is the "Columbia" which first appeared in 1738 and is sometimes associated with the Liberty. With the American Revolutionary War came "Brother Jonathan" as a personification of the other and finally during the War of 1812 Uncle Sam appears. Samuel was born in Arlington (known as Menotomy at the time), Massachusetts, to parents from Greenock, Scotland. The Uncle Sam Memorial Statue marks the site near his birthplace. As a child, he moved with his family to Mason, New Hampshire. In 1789, Samuel and his brother Ebeneezer moved to Troy, where they go into business. In 1797, Samuel married Betsey Mann of Mason and took him back to Troy with him. They have four children and lives in a house on Ferry Street. Samuel Wilson died at age 87 in 1854 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy. At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a wealthy middle-aged meat-packer in Troy. He was awarded a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which sent in a barrel .. Barrel, this government-owned, branded with the initials "U.S.", but the Teamsters and the soldiers would joke that the initials referred to as "Uncle Sam", who supplied the product.



Over time, it is believed, a sign something with the same initials, as much Army property, it also became associated with his name. American 87th U.S. Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives that the Congress kindly Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the ancestor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam." The monument marks his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts and location of burial in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York.



The first use of the term in the literature were also seen in the 1816 allegorical book, The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After Loss by Judge Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq, also referring to the Samuel Wilson. Legend says Sam Wilson is a butcher in New York, are given rations for the soldiers. They should stamp their contractor's name and where rations come from, to send them food. In the package, so called "EA - U.S.." When someone asked what he stood for, co-workers joked and said "Elbert Anderson (contractor) and Uncle Sam," referring to Sam Wilson, though in fact stand for the United States. In early 1835 Brother Jonathan made a reference to Uncle Sam suggests that they represent different things:.


Brother Jonathan is the state itself as Uncle Sam and the powers of government in the 1850s in the name of Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam is being used almost interchangeably to the point that the image of what has been called "Brother Jonathan" is now called Uncle Sam.



Similarly, the second appearance of personification varies wildly. For example, a depiction of Uncle Sam in 1860 described him look like Benjamin Franklin, (echoing the appearance of Harper Weekly, June 3, 1865 "Checkmate" political cartoons) while the portrayal of Brother Jonathan on page 32 of the January 11, 1862 issue of Harper's Weekly is more like the version of modern Uncle Sam (except for the lack of beard a) However, even with the effective abandonment of Brother Jonathan (ie Johnny Reb) near the end of the Civil War, Uncle Sam does not have a standard appearance to the well-known "recruitment" image of Uncle Sam James Montgomery Flagg created by .



This is the picture more than the others who set the display of Uncle Sam as an old man with white hair and beard wearing a hat with stripes of white and red and white stars on a blue band, and trousers striped red and white. Uncle Sam's shadow shown publicly for the first time, according to some, the picture with Flagg on the cover of Leslie's Weekly magazine, on July 6, 1916, entitled "What Are You Doing for Preparedness?"


More than four million copies of these images are printed between 1917 and 1918. While Columbia came up with a good brother Jonathan or Uncle Sam to use him as the personification of America declined in favor of freedom and once he became the mascot of Columbia Pictures in 1920 he was effectively abandoned. Flag is also used extensively during World War II in which America is the code name 'Samland' by the Abwehr intelligence agency Jerman.Ada two warnings for Uncle Sam, who both commemorate the life of Samuel Wilson: Uncle Sam Memorial Statue in Arlington, MA, where he was born , and a memorial near the long-term residence in Riverfront Park, Troy, New York. Kevin Smith, a contestant on the show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" won the top prize of $ 1,000,000 by correctly answering the question, "Uncle Sam's U.S. icons by Samuel Wilson who worked during the War of 1812 as a what?" The answer is A : Meat inspectors.