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Emperor Norton was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in September 1859, a role he played for the rest of his life.

Norton had no formal political power, but was treated deferentially in San Francisco and elsewhere in California, and currency issued in his name was honored in some of the establishments he frequented. Some considered Norton to be insane or eccentric, but residents of San Francisco and the city's larger Northern California orbit enjoyed his imperial presence and took note of his frequent newspaper proclamations. Norton received free ferry and train passage and a variety of favors, such as help with rent and free meals, from well-placed friends and sympathizers. Some of the city's merchants capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his image.

He is often considered the founding father of micronationalism.

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-[[File:Mount moulton field site.jpg|300px|left]]
+[[File:Emperor Joshua A. Norton I.jpg|250px|left]]
-'''[[Mount Moulton]]''' is a broad, [[ice]]-covered shield volcano standing 16 km (10 mi) E of [[Mount Berlin]] in the [[Flood Range]] of [[Westarctica]].
+'''[[Emperor Norton]]''' was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in September 1859, a role he played for the rest of his life.
-Mount Moulton was discovered on aerial flights by the United States [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Service in 1940, and named for Richard S. Moulton, chief dog driver at West Base and a member of the survey party which sledged to the western end of the Flood Range in December 1940.
+Norton had no formal political power, but was treated deferentially in San Francisco and elsewhere in California, and currency issued in his name was honored in some of the establishments he frequented. Some considered Norton to be insane or eccentric, but residents of San Francisco and the city's larger Northern California orbit enjoyed his imperial presence and took note of his frequent newspaper proclamations. Norton received free ferry and train passage and a variety of favors, such as help with rent and free meals, from well-placed friends and sympathizers. Some of the city's merchants capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his image.
-Lengthy ice cores have recently been extracted from Moulton, yielding an age of about a half million years by dating the various tephra layers embedded within the ice. These cores are being used to reconstruct a climatic record stretching back for 480,000 years which can be compared to that from ice cores in the main [[East Antarctic Ice Sheet]].
+He is often considered the founding father of [[micronation|micronationalism]].
-In 2005, Jon-Lawrence Langer, a long-time supporter of Westarctica and member of the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]], was granted the combined duchies of Mount Moulton and [[Mount Berlin]].  His new title, [[Duke of Moulton-Berlin]], gave him control over the entire mountain range.
+'''([[Emperor Norton|Full Article...]])'''
-'''([[Mount Moulton|Full Article...]])'''

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