Week 4: A Crowned King

Strang's letter of appointment, his coronation, and why the group didn't survive his death

15 March 2027

Outline#

• the letter of appointment: what it claimed, and its provenance problem
• the 1850 coronation on Beaver Island — the only monarchy ever declared on U.S. soil
• why a claim resting on one document, rather than a witnessed succession event, is fragile
• what happened to the Strangites after his 1856 assassination