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circa 1878
Bradley & Rulofson.
[Cabinet photograph of Joshua Abraham Norton]
Signed "Emperor Norton." Three-quarter profile photograph of a seated Norton. He is wearing an officer's uniform.
GLC02729.01
Norton, Joshua Abraham (1819-1880)
[Two items relating to Joshua Abraham Norton, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States] [Decimalized]
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.
GLC02729
10 September 1887
Herndon, William Henry (1818-1891)
to Friend Whitney
The recipient of this letter is possibly Henry Clay Whitney, lawyer and Lincoln biographer. Herndon states that he is available any Saturday for Whitney to come see him. Informs that he never received the photo Whitney sent. Asks him to send...
GLC02490.09
18 February 1878
[Fifty-cent interest-bearing note from the Imperial Government of Norton I]
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
14 February 1887
Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901)
to Charles Guy Warden
General Porter, New York City Police Commissioner, instructs Warden to wish his father, author Robert Bruce Warden, luck in a literary undertaking. Indicates that R. Warden's project involves Salmon P. Chase, who had served as Secretary of the...
GLC00214.02.11
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