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 ... >> > > 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. > > -- Bob G. >