Friday, January 25, 2013

Bryan & Eveline Croom's 1846 Passport

This is not part of our collection, but very interesting nevertheless.  This is a passport issued to Bryan and Eveline Croom in New York on June 17, 1846.
The document reads:
Description No. 1133.
Age: 43 years
Stature:  5 feet 7 in.
Forehead:  high and broad
Eyes:  gray
Nose:  small (medium)
Mouth:  medium
Hair:  dark
Complexion:  fair
Face:  round
Signature of the Bearer:  B. Croom

Description No. 1134
Age: 35 years
Stature:  5 feet 2 in.
Forehead:  high
Eyes:  gray
Nose:  medium
Mouth:  medium
Chin:  medium
Hair:  dark
Complexion:  fair
Face:  oval
Signature of the Bearer:  Eveline Croom

Above are the copies of the description of Bryan Croom & Eveline Croom his wife, corresponders to numbers 1133 & 1134 as (???) from the Department of State at the City of Washington at 11th day of June 1846.
Very (???)
B. Croom

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