Definition of "Jebediah"

See the interesting report of Jebediah Irish, Esq., on this subject, who has acquired more correct knowledge, by long experience and observation, having devoted more years of his life to the subject than perhaps any one of his cotemporaries.

1854, The Charter and By-laws of the Locust Gap Improvement Company, with Reports on Their Coal Land‎, Locust Gap Improvement Company, page 26