Mrs. Lola Lamar Calder to McArdle, November 22, 1891
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be perfectly correct and I
would be sorry not to have your
great picture true in every detail.
I intend to write to my Aunt
in Georgia to day and ask her
what my fathers height was-
I know his eyes were dark blue,
large and beautiful-his hair
nearly black-and the picture
that is lost represented him
as bright and animated
altogether different from any other
I have seen of him-and as it
was taken just after the battle of
San Jacinto it must have been a
true likeness.
I am indeed distressed to
tell you that I have no picture
of my mother-except one
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Mrs. Lola Lamar Calder to McArdle, November 22, 1891, The Battle of San Jacinto Notebook, The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.