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Mary J. Briscoe to McArdle, May 30, 1889
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was round; which is a mistake[.]
[I]t was not round, neither very long
but well proportioned, a short
upper lip, high forehead, [he] usually wore
his hair combed back, off the forehead,
did not often wear whiskers, wore none
when I first met him in the fall of /36,
& fair skin with dark expressive
blue eyes[.] Enclosed you will find
a lock of his hair; He was six feet in
his socks and slender (ie. not brawny or
broad shouldered. This portrait was
painted not more than 4 years
previous to /36, and possibly a year
later. I hope you will be able to make
a good likeness. He was a very well read
and intelligent man and his face showed
it.
Yours etc
Mary J. Briscoe
My husband was with Milam at the capture of
San Antonio, was near him when he fell; he
was in the Battle of "Concepcion," the Grass fight, and
was a Capt. in the regulars at the Battle of
San Jacinto.
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Mary J. Briscoe to McArdle, May 30, 1889, The Battle of San Jacinto Notebook, The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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