Show conception of uncle sam goes back to 1812 the creator of untie uncle sam Is 1 un the chor diameter acter first appeared in publications during the war of 1812 the type Is c r genial yankee trader ol of the time the board lite lie lint hat and the cut of the clothes are of that period tile the earnest earliest recorded use or of the name uncle sam for the united states government goi eminent pears tv tc he be in the troy troi N Y post of september 7 1813 tito the post used it in a phrase aich which already had some popular currency and explained that the letters U S on the government wagons masons etc tire arc supposed to have glien given rise to it at first the nich nickname name was vas emp employed loyel only in the var papers and tin in a derl derisory sory sense the cartoon concep tion of uncle sam did not arrive arrhe until a little later there seems to ile he no ground for a popular story ascribing the origin to uncle sam wilson a government inspector in the war of 1812 |