Actually, the original personification of the US was the female Columbia, as Britain had "Brittania" and Gaul had "Gallia". These were female personifications with names derived from the Latin. Lady Columbia appeared in 1738 and was displaced as the female personification of the US by the Statue of Liberty by 1920.
Anything older would likely have been an Indian Princess.
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Actually, the original personification of the US was the female Columbia, as Britain had "Brittania" and Gaul had "Gallia". These were female personifications with names derived from the Latin. Lady Columbia appeared in 1738 and was displaced as the female personification of the US by the Statue of Liberty by 1920.
Anything older would likely have been an Indian Princess.