JONATHAN, BROTHER

JONATHAN, BROTHER
   an impersonation of the American people, given to them from the name of one Jonathan Trumbull, in whose judgment Washington had great confidence, and whom he said he would have to consult at a crisis of his affairs.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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