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“Trial of the Beaver Island Mormons,” Daily Crescent, 1851

Also Trial of James Strang and his followers

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeNewspaper
Date1851-07-14
ErasStrang era
On this page
Newspaper
Date
1851-07-14
Eras
Strang era
Concepts
mormonismgovernancehistoriography

Summary

This retained Daily Crescent page carries a short contemporaneous report headed “Trial of the Beaver Island Mormons.” It says that the Detroit trial of James J. Strang and followers for obstructing the U.S. mail and other offenses continued on 30 June 1851, and that Strang addressed the jury in person despite having counsel.

Evidence and limits

The item documents what this newspaper reported while the prosecution was under way. It does not identify the court, judge, indictment, complete defendant list, evidence, verdict, sentence, or final resolution. The report should not be read as a federal court record or as proof of the underlying allegations.

See also

Sources

  1. Visual page-image verification. The article reports that the Detroit trial of James Strang and followers for obstructing the U.S. mail and other offenses had continued on 30 June; it says Strang had counsel but addressed the jury in person. It is a contemporaneous newspaper report, not the court docket, indictment, full transcript, or final disposition.
    research · strang_legal · sources · loc-daily-crescent-1851-07-14-seq1
  2. Project provenance sidecar for the retained Library of Congress page image.
    Records the Library of Congress source URL, retrieval metadata, checksum, and page-image limits. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    research · strang_legal · sources · loc-daily-crescent-1851-07-14-seq1.provenance
  3. Project visual-review derivative of the retained Library of Congress page image.
    Presentation derivative used for visual inspection and display; the faithful source is the retained JP2 and this derivative is not an independent transcription source. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    research · strang_legal · derivatives · loc-daily-crescent-1851-07-14-seq1-review
  4. Project provenance sidecar for the visual-review derivative.
    Records the derivative command, source checksum, derivative checksum, and presentation-only status. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    research · strang_legal · derivatives · loc-daily-crescent-1851-07-14-seq1-review.provenance

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, ““Trial of the Beaver Island Mormons,” Daily Crescent, 1851”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/documents/daily-crescent-trial-of-beaver-island-mormons-1851/, accessed [date], citing “Trial of the Beaver Island Mormons,” *Daily Crescent* (New Orleans), 14 July 1851, page image 1. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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