Year: 2018

Proudhon Library

Stephen Pearl Andrews, “Proudhon and His Translator” (1876)

January 19, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Debates in The Index: [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] [For The Index.] PROUDHON AND HIS TRANSLATOR. BY STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS. Benj. R. Tucker, the business partner and confrère of E. H. Heywood of Princeton, Mass., has translated and published, in an elegant volume of nearly 500 royal octavo pages, the most renowned of the politico-economical works of the justly celebrated P. J. Proudhon. The title of the work in English is: What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. I am requested to write a review-notice of the work. The […]
Emperor Norton Project

Proclamations for 1870

January 16, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] April 19, 1870 Norton’s Proclamation. Emperor Norton issued the following proclamation yesterday: Whereas, We, Norton I,. Dei Gratia, Emperor of North America, &c., being desirous of seeing the Central Pacific Railroad completed by having a good solid double track, and also having it warmed by means of heated pipes, so as to melt the snows during the winter, etc. And, whereas, we are in need of all our funds for this and other affairs of a personal nature. And whereas, the China merchants, Koopmanschap & Co. of San Francisco, have for a long time […]
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Proclamations for 1871

January 15, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 7, 1871 Proclamation. Being anxious to have a reliable weekly imperial organ, we, Norton I, Dei Gratia Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, do hereby appoint the Pacific Appeal our said organ, conditionally, that they are not traitors, and stand true to our colors. Norton I. San Francisco, Dec. 23, 1870. May 20, 1871 [“proclamation on the Chinese Question”] May 27, 1871 Apology.—Last week, one of the compositors employed on this paper took; to unwarrantable liberty by adding two obnoxious words after the signature of Emperor Norton to the proclamation […]
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Proclamations for 1872

January 15, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 6, 1872 Proclamation. Whereas, we observe that certain newspapers are agitating the project of bridging the Bay; and whereas, we are desirous of connecting the cities of San Francisco and Oakland by such means; now, therefore, we, Norton I, Dei gratia Emperor, do hereby prohibit the Ravenswood scheme being carried into effect, and order that the bridge be built from Oakland Point to Telegraph Hill, via Goat Island. Norton I. ——— The authorities of Los Angeles are held responsible for the outrages perpetrated on the Chinese in that city recently, if every person […]
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Proclamations for 1876-1879

January 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 31, 1876 Centennial Proclamation. Emperor Norton Decrees Half Fares, and Prohibits Local Celebrations. In accordance with the gracious request of His American Majesty Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, we herewith publish His Majesty’s proclamation decreeing certain regulations touching the proper observation of the forthcoming celebration of the hundredth anniversary of American Independence. The proclamation will be telegraphed to all the principal centers of business and population in the Eastern State this afternoon. Following is the PROCLAMATION. In order that public attention may not be diverted from the […]
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Proclamations for 1873

January 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 4, 1873 Proclamation. Understanding that there is a lady named Miss Watson, living over at Oakland, who is being annoyed by the friends of other ladies making her play hide and seek, to the danger of her liberty and rights. Now, therefore, we Norton I, Dei Gratia, do hereby command all and every person, to desist from such outrage and wrong, under penalty of our Sovereign displeasure. Norton I. January 11, 1873 Proclamation. Whereas, Mr. Woodward permits parties to prohibit our entrance to the “Gardens,” whereby our Friday morning Court has been broken […]
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Proclamations for 1859

January 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT:     September 17, 1859 Have We an Emperor among us? The world is full of queer people. This forenoon, a well-dressed and serious-looking man entered our office and quietly left the following document, which he respectfully requested we would examine and insert in the Bulletin. Promising him to look at it, he politely retired, without saying anything further. Here is the paper: At the peremtory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the past nine years and […]
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Proclamations for 1874

January 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 3, 1874 Proclamation. “A Happy New Year” to all true and loyal subjects of the Empire of Norton I. January 10, 1874 Proclamation. For the better protection of the health of all our citizens, We, Norton I, Dei Gracia Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, do hereby order and decree that a separate locality in the several cities, respectively, be appropriated by the City Councils of each city, to be termed the Chinese quarters, and the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco forthwith set apart […]
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Proclamations for 1875

January 13, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 2, 1875 Proclamation. Norton I, Dei Gratia Emperor U. S. and Protector of Mexico, demands from all concerned a proper organization of his Empire, so that the Emperor can have a suitable residence and attendants, and a good observance of his decrees and authority, by which means the National affairs and finances can be got and kept in proper shape. Wishing all a prosperous and happy New Year, Norton I. January 9, 1875 Proclamation. The Emperor congratulates Spain on the prospects of peace in electing Alphonso Murphy as King. In case of any […]
Joshua King Ingalls

Joshua King Ingalls (1816 – 1898)

January 12, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] J. K. Ingalls: …among the Universalists (1840–1847) …in “The Univercœlum” (1847–1849) …in “The Spirit of the Age” (1849–1850) Mutualist Townships: Brisbane and Ingalls (1849–1850) …in “The Shekinah” (1852–1853) …in “The Journal of Progress” (1853) Psychometrical Portrait of Joshua King Ingalls (1853) S. B. Brittan, “J. K. Ingalls” (1873) …in “Liberty” (1882–1896) …in “The Woman’s Tribune” (1888–1894) …, “Reminiscences of an Octogenarian” (1897) A Joshua King Ingalls miscellany Architectural glass patents of Ingalls and Hyatt [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Chronological Bibliography – Joshua King Ingalls Joshua King Ingalls, “A Sermon, Delivered in the Universalist Church, […]