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1858 in Canada

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1858
in
Canada

Decades:
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Events from the year 1858 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Governors

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Premiers

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Events

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Births

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Arthur Sifton

Deaths

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  • June 29 – William Morris, businessman, militia officer, justice of the peace, politician, and school administrator (born 1786)
  • December 9 – Robert Baldwin, politician (born 1804)

Historical Documents

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In Britain, "New Caledonia" bill's "immediate object is to establish temporary law and order amidst a motley inundation of immigrant diggers"[2]

"Our miners, however, did not trust[...]to mere hearsay" - How Californians slowly caught Fraser River gold fever (Note: blackface)[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ Government of New Caledonia Bill; Second Reading (July 8, 1858), Hansard volume 151, column 1102. (Also: one MP predicts "Before that civilization the Indians must disappear") Accessed 26 July 2021
  3. ^ "The Frazer River Thermometer; Great Gold Discoveries of 1858" (San Francisco, 1858). Accessed 11 July 2021