Solon Borland Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS B644

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Scope and Content Note

Letters from U.S. Senator Borland, Washington, D. C., to Charles A. Galloway and others, pertaining to affairs at Fort Washita, to business of the Senate Printing Committee, and to the Phi Delta Society at Oglethorpe University, Milledgeville, Georgia.

Dates

Creation: 1848
Creation: 1850

Creator

Borland, Solon, 1808-1864 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Solon Borland was born in Nansemond County, Virginia on September 21, 1808. Borland studied medicine in Philadelphia and Louisville. During the Mexican-American War, he was commissioned as a major in the Arkansas Mounted Infantry Regiment under Archibald Yell. After the war, Borland was elected as a United States Senator from Arkansas, serving in this position from 1848 to 1853.

Borland continued his medical practices in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1854. During the American Civil War, Borland served as a commander in the seizure of Fort Smith, commander of Pitman's Ferry, and colonel of the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. Borland resigned from service of the Confederacy in June 1862 and traveled to Texas where he passed away on January 1, 1864.

Extent

.001 Linear Feet (2 items)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The Solon Borland Letters were purchased by Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 1973 from Joseph Rubinfine of Pleasantville, New Jersey.