Letter convincing Lincoln to grow a beard In 1860, while Lincoln was running for president, 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote to Lincoln urging him to grow a beard. He did, and won, becoming our ...

A previously unpublished letter written by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War recently sold to a private collector for $85,000. It sheds historical insight, a documents dealer said, on ...

Lincoln, A., Letter to a Little Girl (Grace Bedell) who Advised Him Not to Shave. ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BEARD.; HOW A LITTLE NEW-YORK GIRL PERSUADED HIM TO LET IT GROW. Share full article.

Looking at a picture of Abraham Lincoln in October 1860, the 11-year-old Grace Bedell claimed to have solved the problem of Lincoln’s face and wrote him a letter to tell him about it. The ...

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Looking at a picture of Abraham Lincoln in October 1860, the 11-year-old Grace Bedell claimed to have solved the problem of Lincoln’s face and wrote him a letter ... Lincoln should grow a beard.