Emperor Norton (English Wikipedia)

"Joshua Abraham Norton" Archived December 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at 1820Settlers.com.
"1820 Settler Party: Willson" Archived December 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at 1820Settlers.com. This page contains information about the passage of the ship La Belle Alliance that carried young Joshua and his family from London to South Africa from February to May 1820, including the London passenger list showing Joshua to have been 2 years old at the time of his boarding.
"Norton, Joshua Abraham – newspaper cutting" Archived January 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at 1820Settlers.com.

EmperorNortonTower.org

Emperor Norton Tower proposal, The Emperor Norton Trust.

archive-it.org

wayback.archive-it.org

"The Emperor of the United States". The New York Public Library. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2020.

archive.org

Drury, William (1986). Norton I, Emperor of the United States. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. ISBN 978-0-396-08509-6.
Hansen, Gladys (1995). San Francisco Almanac. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-0841-5.

bart.gov

"BART — History and Facts, System Facts". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). Archived from the original on September 22, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007.

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California Legislature, 2013-14 Regular Session, Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 65 — Relative to the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bridge Archived August 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, June 12, 2013.

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Ruiz v. Norton, 4 Cal. 355 (Cal. 1854).

coinworld.com

Orzano, Michelle (June 24, 2014). "California campaign seeks to rename San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in honor of Emperor Norton". Coin World. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2018.

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Cowan, Robert (October 1923). "Norton I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico (Joshua A. Norton, 1819–1880)". Quarterly of the California Historical Society. 2 (3): 237–245. doi:10.2307/25177715. JSTOR 25177715. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2006.

emperornorton.net

Cowan, Robert (October 1923). "Norton I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico (Joshua A. Norton, 1819–1880)". Quarterly of the California Historical Society. 2 (3): 237–245. doi:10.2307/25177715. JSTOR 25177715. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2006.

emperornortonbaybridge.com

Resolution in Support of the Emperor Norton Bridge Archived December 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, introduced to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, 2004.

emperornortonbridge.org

Name It the Emperor Norton Bridge Archived December 8, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.

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"Le Roi Est Mort", San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 1880, p. 8.
John Lumea, "Homing in on the Birth Date?" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, December 2, 2014. Reports on an item in the February 4, 1865, edition of The Daily Alta California, in which the Alta wrote: "HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—His Imperial Majesty Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Mexico, commences his forty-eighth year Saturday, February 4th, 1865."
John Lumea, "Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818," Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine The Emperor Norton Trust, February 8, 2015.
John Lumea, "Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date: A Case Study in Good Intentions & Undue Influence" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, February 16, 2015.
The Emperor Norton Trust, Emperor Norton at 200 Archived March 26, 2022, at the Wayback Machine.
John Lumea, "How and When Did Joshua Norton Get to San Francisco? Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, February 10, 2017.
John Lumea, "Did Joshua Norton Really Arrive in San Francisco With a $40,000 Inheritance That He Built Into a Quarter-Million-Dollar Fortune in 3 Years?" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, April 12, 2017.
John Lumea, "San Francisco Rice Imports From Late 1852 to Early 1853 Point to Market Specifics of Joshua Norton's Gambit" Archived May 23, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, May 22, 2022.
John Lumea, "'A New State of Things?' A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859," Archived March 9, 2022, at the Wayback Machine March 8, 2022, The Emperor Norton Trust.
Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, September 17, 1859, p.3. Genealogy Bank via The Emperor Norton Trust.
John Lumea, "Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid," Archived December 15, 2022, at the Wayback Machine The Emperor Norton Trust, December 14, 2022.
Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 12 October 1859, p.3. Genealogy Bank via The Emperor Norton Trust.
Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 4 January 1860, p.3. Genealogy Bank via The Emperor Norton Trust.
Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, July 27, 1860, p.3. Genealogy Bank via The Emperor Norton Trust.
John Lumea, "On the Trail of the Elusive 'Frisco' Proclamation" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, February 12, 2016.
Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 21 September 1872, p.1, California Digital Newspaper Collection via Bridge Proclamations Archived March 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.
Photographs of Emperor Norton Archived March 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.
John Lumea, "Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870," Archived March 1, 2022, at the Wayback Machine The Emperor Norton Trust.
John Lumea, "Campaign Discovers Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton's Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd" Archived April 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, January 4, 2019.
John Lumea, "Setting the Record Straight on the Famous Emperor Norton Obit(s)" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, December 15, 2017.
John Lumea, "A Funeral Cortege 'Two Miles Long'? Not Really." Archived May 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, May 22, 2023
"A Plaque in 1939" Archived May 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.

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Joe Kukura, "The renamed Emperor Norton street sign is now up in Chinatown," Archived May 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine Hoodline, May 8, 2023.

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"1870 CENSUS: INSTRUCTIONS TO ASSISTANT MARSHALS". IPUMS USA. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

jewishgen.org

Dakers, Hazel (April 6, 2000). "Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy SA-SIG". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2009.

jstor.org

Cowan, Robert (October 1923). "Norton I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico (Joshua A. Norton, 1819–1880)". Quarterly of the California Historical Society. 2 (3): 237–245. doi:10.2307/25177715. JSTOR 25177715. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2006.

laughingsquid.com

Lynch, EDW (August 7, 2013). "Petition Calls for San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge To Be Named After Emperor Norton". Laughing Squid. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

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Commemorative Street Name Designation, "Emperor Norton Place", 600 Block of Commercial Street (File #230230) Archived May 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Carr, Patricia E. (July 1975). "Emperor Norton I: The benevolent dictator beloved and honored by San Franciscans to this day". American History Illustrated. 10: 14–20. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2007.

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"The Emperor of the United States". The New York Public Library. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2020.

sfbg.com

Slaughter, Justin (August 13, 2013). "Petition to name Bay Bridge after Emperor Norton gains 1,000 signatures". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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Nolte, Carl (September 17, 2009). "Emperor Norton, zaniest S.F. street character". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
Herel, Suzanne (December 15, 2004). "Emperor Norton's name may yet span the bay". The San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 24, 2004. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
Vigil, Delfin (February 21, 2005). "A gay court pays homage to its queer emperor". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
Herel, Suzanne (December 15, 2004). "Emperor Norton's name may yet span the bay". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. p. A–1. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.

sfhistoryencyclopedia.com

Moylan, Peter. "Encyclopedia of San Francisco: Emperor Norton". San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2007.

sfist.com

Dalton, Andrew (August 6, 2013). "Effort To Rename Bay Bridge After Emperor Norton Revived By Online Petition". SFist. Archived from the original on January 4, 2016.

sfmuseum.org

"The Funeral of Lazarus". Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. July 24, 2004. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2006.

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Julie Zigoris, "Emperor Norton, One of SF's Most Beloved Eccentric Visionaries, to Be Honored With Street Renaming" Archived May 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The San Francisco Standard, April 7, 2023.

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Rachel Swan, "The Emperor's Bridge Campaign Is Now a Nonprofit" Archived November 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, SF Weekly, November 11, 2014.

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auctions.stacksbowers.com

"Imperial Government of Norton I. Sept. 17, 1871. 50 Cents". Stacks and Bowers Galleries. March 20, 2020. Archived from the original on September 17, 2023.

thoughtco.com

Lamb, Bill. "How Joshua Norton Became Emperor of the United States". ThoughtCo. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.

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"Emperor Reburied". Time. July 9, 1934. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

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"Arrest of the Emperor" Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Daily Alta California, January 22, 1967.

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Dakers, Hazel (April 6, 2000). "Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy SA-SIG". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
"Joshua Abraham Norton" Archived December 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at 1820Settlers.com.
Cowan, Robert (October 1923). "Norton I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico (Joshua A. Norton, 1819–1880)". Quarterly of the California Historical Society. 2 (3): 237–245. doi:10.2307/25177715. JSTOR 25177715. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2006.
"1820 Settler Party: Willson" Archived December 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at 1820Settlers.com. This page contains information about the passage of the ship La Belle Alliance that carried young Joshua and his family from London to South Africa from February to May 1820, including the London passenger list showing Joshua to have been 2 years old at the time of his boarding.
John Lumea, "Homing in on the Birth Date?" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, December 2, 2014. Reports on an item in the February 4, 1865, edition of The Daily Alta California, in which the Alta wrote: "HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—His Imperial Majesty Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Mexico, commences his forty-eighth year Saturday, February 4th, 1865."
"Norton, Joshua Abraham – newspaper cutting" Archived January 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at 1820Settlers.com.
John Lumea, "Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818," Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine The Emperor Norton Trust, February 8, 2015.
John Lumea, "Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date: A Case Study in Good Intentions & Undue Influence" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, February 16, 2015.
The Emperor Norton Trust, Emperor Norton at 200 Archived March 26, 2022, at the Wayback Machine.
John Lumea, "How and When Did Joshua Norton Get to San Francisco? Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, February 10, 2017.
John Lumea, "Did Joshua Norton Really Arrive in San Francisco With a $40,000 Inheritance That He Built Into a Quarter-Million-Dollar Fortune in 3 Years?" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, April 12, 2017.
Moylan, Peter. "Encyclopedia of San Francisco: Emperor Norton". San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
John Lumea, "San Francisco Rice Imports From Late 1852 to Early 1853 Point to Market Specifics of Joshua Norton's Gambit" Archived May 23, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, May 22, 2022.
John Lumea, "'A New State of Things?' A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859," Archived March 9, 2022, at the Wayback Machine March 8, 2022, The Emperor Norton Trust.
John Lumea, "Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid," Archived December 15, 2022, at the Wayback Machine The Emperor Norton Trust, December 14, 2022.
Nolte, Carl (September 17, 2009). "Emperor Norton, zaniest S.F. street character". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
John Lumea, "On the Trail of the Elusive 'Frisco' Proclamation" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, February 12, 2016.
Lazo, Alejandro; Huang, Daniel (August 12, 2015). "Who Is Emperor Norton? Fans in San Francisco Want to Remember". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 21 September 1872, p.1, California Digital Newspaper Collection via Bridge Proclamations Archived March 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.
Herel, Suzanne (December 15, 2004). "Emperor Norton's name may yet span the bay". The San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 24, 2004. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
"BART — History and Facts, System Facts". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). Archived from the original on September 22, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007.
Slaughter, Justin (August 13, 2013). "Petition to name Bay Bridge after Emperor Norton gains 1,000 signatures". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
Mechanics' Institute, "'Emperor Norton Bridge' in 2022?" Archived March 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, talk by John Lumea, founder of The Emperor Norton Trust, March 22, 2022.
"The Funeral of Lazarus". Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. July 24, 2004. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2006.
Photographs of Emperor Norton Archived March 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.
Carr, Patricia E. (July 1975). "Emperor Norton I: The benevolent dictator beloved and honored by San Franciscans to this day". American History Illustrated. 10: 14–20. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2007.
"Arrest of the Emperor" Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Daily Alta California, January 22, 1967.
"1870 CENSUS: INSTRUCTIONS TO ASSISTANT MARSHALS". IPUMS USA. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
John Lumea, "Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870," Archived March 1, 2022, at the Wayback Machine The Emperor Norton Trust.
John Lumea, "Campaign Discovers Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton's Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd" Archived April 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, January 4, 2019.
Orzano, Michelle (June 24, 2014). "California campaign seeks to rename San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in honor of Emperor Norton". Coin World. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
"Imperial Government of Norton I. Sept. 17, 1871. 50 Cents". Stacks and Bowers Galleries. March 20, 2020. Archived from the original on September 17, 2023.
Lamb, Bill. "How Joshua Norton Became Emperor of the United States". ThoughtCo. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
John Lumea, "Setting the Record Straight on the Famous Emperor Norton Obit(s)" Archived February 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, December 15, 2017.
"Le Roi Est Mort". San Francisco Chronicle. January 11, 1880. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2006.
John Lumea, "A Funeral Cortege 'Two Miles Long'? Not Really." Archived May 22, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust, May 22, 2023
"Emperor Reburied". Time. July 9, 1934. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
Vigil, Delfin (February 21, 2005). "A gay court pays homage to its queer emperor". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
Rachel Swan, "The Emperor's Bridge Campaign Is Now a Nonprofit" Archived November 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, SF Weekly, November 11, 2014.
Commemorative Street Name Designation, "Emperor Norton Place", 600 Block of Commercial Street (File #230230) Archived May 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Julie Zigoris, "Emperor Norton, One of SF's Most Beloved Eccentric Visionaries, to Be Honored With Street Renaming" Archived May 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The San Francisco Standard, April 7, 2023.
Joe Kukura, "The renamed Emperor Norton street sign is now up in Chinatown," Archived May 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine Hoodline, May 8, 2023.
"A Plaque in 1939" Archived May 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.
Resolution in Support of the Emperor Norton Bridge Archived December 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, introduced to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, 2004.
Herel, Suzanne (December 15, 2004). "Emperor Norton's name may yet span the bay". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. p. A–1. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
California Legislature, 2013-14 Regular Session, Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 65 — Relative to the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bridge Archived August 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, June 12, 2013.
Dalton, Andrew (August 6, 2013). "Effort To Rename Bay Bridge After Emperor Norton Revived By Online Petition". SFist. Archived from the original on January 4, 2016.
Lynch, EDW (August 7, 2013). "Petition Calls for San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge To Be Named After Emperor Norton". Laughing Squid. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
Name It the Emperor Norton Bridge Archived December 8, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Emperor Norton Trust.

wsj.com

Lazo, Alejandro; Huang, Daniel (August 12, 2015). "Who Is Emperor Norton? Fans in San Francisco Want to Remember". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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Mechanics' Institute, "'Emperor Norton Bridge' in 2022?" Archived March 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, talk by John Lumea, founder of The Emperor Norton Trust, March 22, 2022.

zpub.com

"Le Roi Est Mort". San Francisco Chronicle. January 11, 1880. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2006.