Emperor Norton (English Wikipedia)

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.

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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, "Joshua Norton, Auctioneer," May 24, 2021.
John Lumea, "Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston," May 25, 2021.
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, 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.
John Lumea, "Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was," The Emperor Norton Trust, 26 September 2022.
"Emperor Norton: Life & Legend". The Emperor Norton Trust. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
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, "When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico," The Emperor Norton Trust, 18 October 2024.
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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"Numbered Documents #36-54". Digital Archives of Hawai'i. pp. 13–16. Retrieved December 2, 2024. 38: Letter from a person calling himself 'Emperor Norton' found in the papers of Kamehameha V

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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.

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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.

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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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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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Whiting, Sam (September 18, 2023) [September 18, 2023]. "Emperor Norton gets a street named after him in the Financial District, where he once reigned". The San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"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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"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.

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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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Whiting, Sam (September 18, 2023) [September 18, 2023]. "Emperor Norton gets a street named after him in the Financial District, where he once reigned". The San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.

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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.

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