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The Strange Case of Emperor Norton I of the United States

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Post by Guest Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:01 am

Beginning on September 17, 1859, the United States was unofficially “ruled” by Joshua A. Norton, a penniless San Francisco oddball who, in a fit of inspired lunacy, declared himself “Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.” Amused San Franciscans humored “Norton I’s” delusions of grandeur, and over the next 20 years he became a local celebrity, winning adoration from his subjects and literary tributes from the likes of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. On the 155th anniversary of his ascension to the throne, learn the unlikely story of America’s first and only self-proclaimed Emperor.

http://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-emperor-norton-i-of-the-united-states

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Post by Original Quill Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:13 am

Didge wrote:Beginning on September 17, 1859, the United States was unofficially “ruled” by Joshua A. Norton, a penniless San Francisco oddball who, in a fit of inspired lunacy, declared himself “Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.” Amused San Franciscans humored “Norton I’s” delusions of grandeur, and over the next 20 years he became a local celebrity, winning adoration from his subjects and literary tributes from the likes of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. On the 155th anniversary of his ascension to the throne, learn the unlikely story of America’s first and only self-proclaimed Emperor.

http://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-emperor-norton-i-of-the-united-states

He was not a lunatic, but and upstanding ruler. He was the first to propose a bridge across the Bay, which presently exists. When I was more of a drinking man, I used to frequent Norton's on the corner of Sansome and Sacramento.

Now we need something on Bummer and Lazarus, two San Francisco dogs who became famous in the 1860's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bummer_and_Lazarus

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