Speaking as a 5’8 1/2” person with hazel eyes that change with clothing and weather, I assure you that the size can be bothersome until one learns that MT was the same height. Up until then, I often stood on the outside of my feet lest fallen arches affect the result. And when a medical professional wanted to record my height, I put my shoes on for that last 1/2”. My hair was once recorded as auburn , though it never was. Then it started to turn red, blond, brown and gray, which I took as a sign of nature’s indecision and ignored it until now. Nature finally chose silver white. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2019, at 3:10 PM, Robert H. HIRST <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 >>