"At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last nine years and ten months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these United States; and in virtue of the authority thereby in me vested, do hereby order and direct the representatives of the different States of the Union to assemble in Musical Hall, of this city, on the 1st day of February next, then and there to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist, both at home and abroad, in our stability and integrity."
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Proclamation in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin (17 September 1859)
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Emperor Norton
Joshua Abraham Norton (also known as Emperor Norton) (4 February 1818 – 8 January 1880) was an eccentric resident of San Francisco who proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States.
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