Uncle Sam, A Nickname Gave By The U.s. Government

In the article "Gunsmithing Requires Innovation" Paul Mazan has a customer come to him with hopes of fixing his grandpa's old antique shotgun. To be exact, it was a Belgian Damascus-barreled shotgun made by F. Dumoulin. Back in those times the gun manufacturers would sometimes print any name the customer wanted on the firearms. For example, if you owned Frank's Great Hardware, you could have "Franks Firearms" printed on the side of your shotguns. This proved to be all but helpful when finding replacement parts for this antique project.

On September 27, 1722, Samuel Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Adams attended and later graduated with a master’s degree from Harvard College in 1740. At Harvard College Adams studied law, but later decided to pursue politics. He started off his career as a tax-collector in Massachusetts, which he was not a very good one. Adams was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly in 1765, as a leader of the radical party. In 1774 he was elected to the First Continental Congress, then in 1775 he was elected again to be on the Second Continental Congress. Later he proudly signed his name to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Before retiring in 1797, he served as lieutenant governor and governor of Massachusetts. Samuel Adams was raised on strict Puritan values, which are shown through his work.

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Andrew Jackson was born on March 5, 1767, in the Waxhaw settlement on the territory of Carolina, which would soon be divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. His father, also named Andrew, and mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson, moved from Ireland, two years prior to his birth in hopes of a new and better

The early life for Nathan Hale showed how much he liked school and school related things. Nathan Hale was born in June 6, 1775 in Coventry, Connecticut. When Nathan was growing up he had one brother named Enoch and his parents were Richard and Elizabeth Hale. He went to a school called Yale University for his education. He aced in literature and debate and graduated in at the age of 18. His family were Puritans. His parents sent him off to a religious school with his brother Enoch. He became a school teacher.

Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut, in 1755 to Richard Hale and Elizabeth Strong, his parents. In 1768, when he was fourteen years old, he was sent to Yale College with his brother, Enoch. Nathan was a classmate of a patriot spy. His name was Benjamin Tallmadge. Nathan graduated with first-class honors at the age of 18 and became a teacher. He was the first in East Haddam and later in New London. After the Revolutionary War began, he joined a Connecticut militia and was elected first lieutenant.

Andrew Jackson was born March 15, 1767 in an area bordering North and South Carolina called Waxhaws. While both states claim to be his birthplace, Jackson maintains he was born in South Carolina. The man, who later became the 7th president of the United States, was the son of poor Irish immigrants. Although not receiving a college education, Jackson studied law and became a prosecuting attorney at the age of 21. Jackson later moved to Tennessee and prospered in the law profession; subsequently, leading to business ventures and land ownership. Throughout the years, Jackson also had a military career serving in wars such as the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, where he earned recognition as a hero for defeating the British.

This is when his true military career took off. The outbreak of the War of 1812 caused Jackson to be able to show his nation what he was all about. In the early part of the war, Jackson and his men destroyed the Creek Indians. The Creeks were British allies who had threatened the U.S.’s southwestern borders. After defeating them he imposed a harsh peace treaty that took away more than 20 million acres of land, which was an area larger than most states in the Union. After that victory, Jackson became known as “Old Hickory” because of his toughness. He had given the nation the taste of military

General Andrew Jackson was born in Waxhaws, a place between North and South Carolina. On March 15th 1767 he was born to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. his father died three weeks before his birth. his older brother who died at Stono Ferry when Andrew was 13. Shortly after, Andrew joined a local militia group. Andrew and his brother Robert were captured when they contracted smallpox. Robert died a few days after his release. Andrew's mother died from cholera soon after.

Andrew Jackson was born to Andrew and Elizabeth on March 15, 1767 around the area of North Carolina, though the specific location is unknown. His father died less than a month before his son’s birth. As an early teen, Andrew joined a local militia as a patriotic courier (http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-jackson-9350991#synopsis). During the Revolutionary war he was taken prisoner by the British with his brother, Robert, but they both were released. Robert died of a sickness he caught during his time of capture, and Elizabeth Jackson also died of a cholera, which was received from other soldiers. In 1781 Andrew was left without parents and sent to live with uncles. He showed an interest in law and studied in Salisbury,

Andrew Jackson's immediate family sailed from Ireland to America in 1765. Two years later in South Carolina, Andrew's father died before he was even born. Jackson was born March 15, 1767, and named after his father, Andrew Jackson. For the first ten to twelve years of his life he enjoyed the comfort and support of his family. For Andrew Jackson's education he attended school where he learned to read, write and cast accounts. ( Remini, 1-25 )

Andrew Jackson was born March 15, 1767, in a settlement called Waxhaw. This settlement was made up of Scotch-Irish immigrants and located in along the border between North and South Carolina. Although where he was born was in dispute between each other he considered himself a South Carolina native. Unfortunately Andrew’s father died before he was born and his mother moved in with relatives along with her three small boys. Jackson was able to attend several schools and receive an elementary education but was not all for it.

During those ten years Sam also engaged in another skill. He was piloting steamboats on the Mississippi River. He might have remained a pilot had not the Civil War intruded (Encyclopedia Americana 192A).

On this day in 1813, the United States gets its nickname, Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812.Wilson (1766-1854) stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began referring to the grub as “Uncle Sam’s.” The local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal government.

Samuel Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13, 1906, near Dublin, Ireland. He was the younger of the two sons born to William Frank Beckett, a quantity surveyor, and May Barclay who was a nurse. He was raised in a middle class home with a protestant background and at the age of five he attended a local playschool. Not long after he moved to Portora Royal School