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Prince Nares Warariddhi, the first Siamese minister to the U.S. to present his credentials to a U.S. president, in official unif

Prince Nares Warariddhi, the first Siamese minister to the U.S. to present his credentials to a U.S. president, in official uniform before meweting with Prersident Chester A. Arthur in May 1884. (Source: The Eagle and the Elephant, courtesy of M.R. Putri Viravaidhaya)