1858 REGULAR SESSION

December 6, 1858 to January 22, 1859 · about 1 minutes to read

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Preservation copy: Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · [{"chamber":null,"locator":{"pdf_page":52,"printed_page":48,"source_id":"or-leg-chronological-2008"},"title":"1858 REGULAR SESSION"}]original
Preservation copy: Oregon legislative chamber journal (1858.120.pdf)Primary · {"repository_identifier":"IA esrp824179930, file 1858.120.pdf"}original
Preservation copy: Oregon session legislators and staff guideOfficial secondary · {"repository_identifier":"ORMS record 6785256"}original
Preservation copy: Oregon legislative chamber journal (1858.120.pdf)Primary · {"repository_identifier":"IA esrp824363267, file 1858.120.pdf"}original
Preservation copy: Oregon Legislative Assembly HistoryOfficial secondary · {"repository_identifier":"ORMS record 11705131"}original
Oregon Legislative Assembly HistoryOfficial secondary · whole sourceoriginal
Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · Exact PDF pages are retained from each session-ledger observation.original
Preservation copy: Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · Exact PDF pages are retained from each session-ledger observation.original
Oregon Legislative Assembly HistoryOfficial secondary · whole sourceoriginal

Featured documents linked to this session (13)

Oregon legislative chamber journal (1858.120.pdf)Session research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly / Library of Congress Early State Records Project / Internet Archive · Linkedoriginal
Oregon legislative chamber journal (1858.120.pdf)Session research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly / Library of Congress Early State Records Project / Internet Archive · Linkedoriginal
Oregon: 1848 - 1858 — M419.pdfTerritorial papers microfilm pdf · National Archives, Washington, DC / College Park · Preservedoriginal
Preservation copy: Oregon legislative chamber journal (1858.120.pdf)Pre1902 session source · Oregon Legislative Assembly / Library of Congress Early State Records Project / Internet Archive · Preservedoriginal
Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
Oregon Legislative Assembly HistoryOfficial session chronology · Provisional Legislative Assembly Inventory · Preservedoriginal
Preservation copy: Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesPre1902 session source · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
Legislative Research at the Oregon State ArchivesSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Linkedoriginal
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824–1881 — Oregon Superintendency microfilm (M2)Nara bia microfilm series finding aid · National Archives, Washington, DC / College Park · Linkedoriginal
Oregon session laws serial catalogSession research source · UC Berkeley Law Library · Linkedoriginal
Oregon session legislators and staff guideSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Linkedoriginal
Provisional and Territorial Government Records Guide: Legislative AssemblySource snapshot · Provisional and Territorial Government Records Guide · Preservedoriginal

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Sources being assembled. Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Edition dated August 31, 2026. Cite as: Oregon Governance Atlas, “1858 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1858-territorial-regular-01.

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@misc{atlas-or-leg-1858-territorial-regular-01,
  title = {1858 REGULAR SESSION},
  howpublished = {Oregon Governance Atlas, edition September 2026},
  note = {Historical cutoff 2026-08-31},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1858-territorial-regular-01}
}

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