Front:
THE UNCLE SAM HOUSE, MASON, N. H.
Back:
as
was man at the
Printed by C. B. Webster & Co., Boston
re-
Birth place of Uncle Sam.
The Wilson Homestead at Maron. N. H.
generally
said to be the birthplace of the origi- firred to supplies as Uncle Sam's,
army
nal "Uncle Sami", was owned by Wilsons This titte dras quickly applied
called Uncle Sam the
was
to the
deaths of the last member of the family the ward was used everywhere
government, and
after
Uncle Wilson was the of
San.
children born on this fionu. During in that sense.
The second war with England, as the
he brother Edward
story
where contractors for governmenting
Troy,
the idea
plies at way
It
to label their ington, D.C.
beef and pork packages " U.S., and
The farma
ma was bor
0. Hamblett, a former police.
bought by Cupit,
Capital, Wash-
