Solon Borland

Solon Borland, a physician, politician, newspaper editor, diplomat, and military officer, as well as the first Arkansan to be given a major diplomatic assignment; circa 1850.

White man with long combed hair in suit and white shirt

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Daguerreotype Collection, Prints and Photographs Division

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