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 >