It is our Imperial will and pleasure, that a proper and suitable building be at once constructed in this city, for the assembling of the people of this Empire, for the purpose of discussing and deliberating upon measures of public interest.
— Emperor Norton Contemporary

Self-declared Emperor of the United States

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Proclamation

Date / Period

1870

Category

Humorous

Source

https://www.sfmuseum.org/hist/norton2.html

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