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According to his passport application filled out in his own hand on 20 May
1867, witnessed by Captain Duncan and notarized by Th Wunderlick, Clemens
was 5' 8 1/2". Not 2, and not just 8, but 8 *1/2* inches.
Bob Hirst
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:57 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mr. Clements [sic], tall, stooping, shambling of gait with tumbled hair
>> and uncertain mustache ...
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> Another review describing him as tall. Now I'm thinking that might be
> attributable to the contrast with Cable. Wasn't he something like 5-foot-2?
> Standing next to him would make almost anybody look tall.
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> -- Bob G.
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