Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880 [Two items relating to Joshua Abraham Norton, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States] [Decimalized]

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Joshua Norton was an Englishman who came to America during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and proclaimed himself emperor of the United States. Mark Twain is said to have modeled the character of Huck Finn on Norton.

GLC#
GLC02729
Type
Header Record
Date
circa 1878
Author/Creator
Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880
Title
[Two items relating to Joshua Abraham Norton, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States] [Decimalized]
Place Written
San Francisco, California
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
Development of the West
Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880
Mental Health
Immigration and Migration
American West
Literature and Language Arts
Forgery and Fraud

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Collection Item
Photograph

[Cabinet photograph of Joshua Abraham Norton]

circa 1878

Bradley, James, fl. 1783

Signed "Emperor Norton." Three-quarter profile photograph of a seated Norton. He is wearing an officer's uniform.

GLC02729.01
Collection Item
Document signed

[Fifty-cent interest-bearing note from the Imperial Government of Norton I]

1878/02/18

Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880

Signed by Joshua Abraham Norton as Norton I, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States. Check number 2510. On verso, affixed note reads "Yours Truly A.J. Bryant Mayor, San Francisco. Oct. 22nd, '78."

GLC02729.02