Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880 [Fifty-cent interest-bearing note from the Imperial Government of Norton I]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02729.02 Author/Creator: Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880 Place Written: San Francisco, California Type: Document signed Date: 1878/02/18 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy
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."
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