Wikimedia Commons: File:United States of America vs James J. Strang, Samuel E. Graham, Franklin Johnson, Hezekiah D. MacCullough, Marvin M. Aldrich, George Miller, Joshua Miller, James M. Gregg, Ebenezer P - DPLA - 8521b279c2cf3e22913ae295839a1094 (page 6).jpg. Author: U.S. District Court for the Southern (Detroit) Division of the Eastern District of Michigan. 4/30/1894. Credit: This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives at Chicago as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America . Record in source catalog DPLA identifier: 8521b279c2cf3e22913ae295839a1094 National Archives at Chicago identifier: 242845884. Date: 1851-01-01/1851-12-31. Description page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_of_America_vs_James_J._Strang,_Samuel_E._Graham,_Franklin_Johnson,_Hezekiah_D._MacCullough,_Marvin_M._Aldrich,_George_Miller,_Joshua_Miller,_James_M._Gregg,_Ebenezer_P_-_DPLA_-_8521b279c2cf3e22913ae295839a1094_(page_6).jpg. Description: This file consists of a criminal case against residents of Beaver Island, Michigan for trespass on public lands. The main defendant, James J Strang, was a religious leader of the Mormon religion, former politician and self-proclaimed monarch.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern (Detroit) Division; National Archives
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- Federal court case files — NARA via DPLA and Wikimedia Commons
- Date
- 1851
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- 2026-08-09
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“United States v. James J. Strang and others, 1851: trespass on public lands”. 1851. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern (Detroit) Division; National Archives. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/extract/us-v-strang-1851-trespass-c/. copy retrieved 2026-08-09.
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