They do not want people in Frisco oops,make that San Francisco to forget the first and only emperor of the United States.

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The young policeman thought anyone who claimed to be the emperor of the United State might be a danger to the public.

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Some bought the newspapers just to read about the latest decree from the emperor of the United States.

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Yet,Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself to be Emperor of the United States on September seventeenth, eighteen fifty-nine.

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The sign meant the store or restaurant had been approved by the emperor of the United States.

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Who is that? Oh,just the man who declared himself emperor of the United States.

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One of her first jobs for the magazine was a series of stories about the life of the French Emperor Napoleon.

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Many years later, after Emperor Norton's death, a bridge was built extending from San Francisco to the city of Oakland.

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Emperor Norton's decree said John Brown had tried to capture the state of Virginia with only seventeen men.

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Emperor Norton said this was necessary because Governor Wise had ordered the death by hanging of John Brown.

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Emperor Hirohito appointed a new prime minister and ordered him to explore the possibilities of peace.

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(No Transcripts) One night,a new member of the San Francisco Police Department arrested Emperor Norton.

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Emperor Norton began sending royal orders called decrees to the newspapers of San Francisco.

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He sent an announcement to the newspapers of San Francisco saying he was Emperor Norton the First of the United States and the Protector of Mexico.

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Here are Steve Ember and Robert Cohen with the story of Emperor Norton.

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Another Emperor Norton decree had to do with the name of the city.

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The judge said. "The emperor has hurt no one that I know of."

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Perhaps Emperor Norton's most famous decree ordered the city government to build a bridge from the city of Oakland to a small island in San Francisco Bay.

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