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He even issued his own currency to pay for his meals. Restaurateurs took it as a matter of pride to have served [url=http://www.doble.com/general/it/hogan.php]Hogan Sito Ufficiale[/url] him, and took to hanging placards reading,
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They would gladly accept his self-printed money, which was made up in denominations ranging from fifty cents to ten dollars.
Norton was an honored guest at plays, where a seat was always reserved for him. He did not have to request that; you simply did not open a play without reserving a seat for His Majesty.
To be paid by a note from "The Emperor's Treasury," was regarded as an honor, and establishments would often frame these.
Abolishing Congress Emperor Norton saw the government as corrupt, and no doubt it was, on many counts. (Are things so different today?) He thought Congress should be abolished,
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