“No other marks or brands recollected.”

1850s, Autobiographical Sketch Written for Jesse W. Fell (1859)
Context: If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said I am, in height, six feet four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair and gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected.<!--p.36

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