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	* McMurdo was "helping '''Uncle Sam''' to make dollars" i.e. counterfeiting ([[VALL]] {{refcanon\|VALL\|2521}}).		* McMurdo was "helping '''Uncle Sam''' to make dollars" i.e. counterfeiting ([[VALL]] {{refcanon\|VALL\|2521}}).

	=== ~~The Dying Detective~~ (1917) ===		=== His Last Bow (1917) ===

	* Altamont ([[Sherlock Holmes]] in disguise), a tall, gaunt man of sixty, with clear-cut features and a small goatee beard, was compared to the caricatures of '''Uncle Sam''' ([[~~DYIN~~]] {{refcanon\|~~DYIN~~\|197}}).		* Altamont ([[Sherlock Holmes]] in disguise), a tall, gaunt man of sixty, with clear-cut features and a small goatee beard, was compared to the caricatures of '''Uncle Sam''' ([[LAST]] {{refcanon\|LAST\|197}}).

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	=== The Valley of Fear (1914) ===		=== The Valley of Fear (1914) ===

	* McMurdo was "helping Uncle Sam to make dollars" i.e. counterfeiting ([[VALL]] {{refcanon\|VALL\|2521}}).		* McMurdo was "helping '''Uncle Sam''' to make dollars" i.e. counterfeiting ([[VALL]] {{refcanon\|VALL\|2521}}).

	=== The Dying Detective (1917) ===		=== The Dying Detective (1917) ===

	* Altamont ([[Sherlock Holmes]] in disguise), a tall, gaunt man of sixty, with clear-cut features and a small goatee beard, was compared to the caricatures of Uncle Sam ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon\|DYIN\|197}}).		* Altamont ([[Sherlock Holmes]] in disguise), a tall, gaunt man of sixty, with clear-cut features and a small goatee beard, was compared to the caricatures of '''Uncle Sam''' ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon\|DYIN\|197}}).

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	Uncle Sam (with the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the United States, depicting the federal government or the country as a whole.		Uncle Sam (with the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the United States, depicting the federal government or the country as a whole.

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[[File:Uncle-sam.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Uncle Sam]]

Cultural figure.

Uncle Sam (with the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the United States, depicting the federal government or the country as a whole.

== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

=== The Valley of Fear (1914) ===

* McMurdo was "helping Uncle Sam to make dollars" i.e. counterfeiting ([[VALL]] {{refcanon|VALL|2521}}).

=== The Dying Detective (1917) ===

* Altamont ([[Sherlock Holmes]] in disguise), a tall, gaunt man of sixty, with clear-cut features and a small goatee beard, was compared to the caricatures of Uncle Sam ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|197}}).

== Other Uncle Sams (characters) ==

=== Uncle Jeremy's Household (1887) ===

* [[Ethel Thurston]] was the youngest of '''Uncle Sam''''s children ([[UNCL]] {{refcanon|UNCL|133}}).

Here, Uncle Sam is the short name for [[Samuel Thurston|Uncle Samuel Thurston]].

=== The Land of Mist (1926) ===

* The medium [[Tom Linden]] grumbled that sitters ruined his clairvoyance by feeding him guesses : "That's surely my '''Uncle Sam''', and so forth" ([[LAND]] {{refcanon|LAND|2208}}).

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