Orson Squire Fowler provided a phrenological reading of T. Sullivan on seven pages stapled at the top within a printed cover folded. The reading indicates that Power was Sullivan's greatest characteristic—in body, feelings, and intellect. He also had one of the best physiologies Fowler has ever examined in terms of muscle and vitality. He advised that Sullivan marry a slim, light-haired woman, who is stylish and well-educated. "A right marriage will make ever so much more of a man of you than you could be otherwise"—yet no one appreciates him and he is wanting in self-confidence. Sullivan needed more cheek and though "Able and willing to undergo hardships" was "foolishly kind." The reading does not include any references to T. Sullivan's skull or head.
The printed cover reads Phrenological Analysis of the Character of [T. Sullivan] by the Veteran Author & Lecturer, of New York, [O. S. Fowler] at [Leadville Nov. 24th.] 188[2]. The cover is illustrated with portraits and profiles of men, women, and children; also, a phrenological head in which is the text "OF LIFE ITS LAWS ORGANS FUNCTIONS." The back of cover is an advertisement for O.S. Fowler’s "Phrenological Descriptions by Mail."
