#so if anyones more familiar w that feel free to lmk your thoughts i guess

[acheronist]

original seaman's papers scan i found -> zoom in on the description info -> after i stared at it for hours trying to read the incredibly faded + loopy script.

@bridglars 🤝 insane people alert

#which i think he would have been 36 in 1848. so i presume this paper is probably from when he first enlisted or joined up or whatever #and he was just keeping all his official papers folded together in his wallet forever so he didnt lose anything #also for the record i'm pretty sure 'sallow' isn't correct but i don't know enough about which terms to describe complexion were popular #amongst circa 1820s british navy papers #like what fucking adjectives they would have been using etc etc #so if anyones more familiar w that feel free to lmk your thoughts i guess #but if he was pale and exhausted (as white british victorian dudes generally tended to be) then 'sallow' makes sense to me at least #but the W also looks like it could be a G #like complexion: Sall_gh_ #but idk what the fuck word that could be #'sallough'