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May 11, 2006 05:24

Joshua Norton was buried on Sunday, the 10th of January 1880. 10,000 people filed past the body, as it lay in state; and his funeral cortege was over two miles long.

His burial was marked by a total eclipse of the sun.

He was the First and Last Emperor of the United States of America.

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born_from_dream May 11 2006, 14:26:44 UTC
So passed a man with a dream.

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