"someone said: "...George Washington was a very tall man ...at least 6'2"....perhaps 6'4"..." He was tall for the 18th century. The only measurement in the historical record was post-mortem, for the benefit of the casket-maker. The corpse laid out was six-one. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

Hello again, In the Washington book I cited earlier today there is a full physical description of him written by 'his old friend and companion-in-arms, George Mercer, said of Washington in a letter written in 1760:' .... This letter, as well as other cited sources for his description, plus discussion, can be found at this address: http://classicals.com/federalist/GeorgeWashingtonhall/messages/396.html Jan "Ed St.Germain" wrote: > "someone said: "...George Washington was a very tall man ...at least > 6'2"....perhaps 6'4"..." > > He was tall for the 18th century. The only measurement in the historical > record was post-mortem, for the benefit of the casket-maker. The corpse > laid out was six-one. > > Best regards, > Ed > -- > For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice > should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp