Two small points. The 1867 passport application looks to be filled out and
even signed not by Clemens, but by Duncan. That might explain why the eye
color is given a "Gray" and the hair color as "Dark brown" (clearly not in
SLC's hand). But a second point is that the stature (height) is given as "5
ft 8 1/2 inches, English." Everyone should know that to someone of that
height, the 1/2 inch is, well, very important and not to be omitted.

RHH

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:15 AM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Actually, there is more evidence for red hair including his essay in the
> _Hannibal Daily Journal_ in 1853 "Oh, She Has Red Hair."
> Also this passage:
>
> I was born red-headed--maybe that accounts for my passion for the gorgeous
> and ornamental.
> - quoted in _Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field_ (Fisher, 1922).
>
> Both online at:
> http://www.twainquotes.com/Redheads.html
>
> As to height, I again refer to both the 1867 and 1891 passport applications
> where he wrote 5'8" on both.
>
> As an aside, the 1867 passport eye color entry looks like the word "dark"
> before gray is struck out.
>
> Barb
>