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Abraham Lincoln's Beard: the idea of an 11 year old girl!


It was the fall of 1860. Abraham Lincoln was the Republican nominee for President of the United States. Election Day was less than a month away. Mr. Lincoln, a lifelong beardless man, received a letter written by Grace Bedell, an 11 year old girl from Westfield, New York. Written October 15th, 1860, the letter urged him to grow a beard. Unedited, Miss Bedell's letter read:


Hon A B Lincoln...

Dear Sir

My father has just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlin's. I am a little girl only 11 years old, but want you should be President of the United States very much so I hope you wont think me very bold to write to such a great man as you are. Have you any little girls about as large as I am if so give them my love and tell her to write to me if you cannot answer this letter. I have got 4 brother's and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husband's to vote for you and then you would be President. My father is going to vote for you and if I was a man I would vote for you to but I will try to get every one to vote for you that I can I think that rail fence around your picture makes it look very pretty I have got a little baby sister she is nine weeks old and is just as cunning as can be. When you direct your letter direct to Grace Bedell Westfield Chatauque County New York


I must not write any more answer this letter right off Good bye


Grace Bedell


Posted on 12/12/2006 12:49:19 PM
The Republican Presidential nominee responded on October 19th. His letter to Grace Bedell read:


Miss Grace Bedell


My dear little Miss


Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received - I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters - I have three sons - one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age - They, with their mother, constitute my whole family - As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affection if I were to begin it now?


Your very sincere well wisher
A. Lincoln


Posted on 12/12/2006 12:55:07 PM
The rest is history. When Abraham Lincoln left Springfield on February 11th, 1861, bound for the White House, he was fully bearded. On February 16th the train stopped in Westfield, New York. The President-elect appeared on the train platform, and he called out for Grace. Grace was in the crowd with her two sisters, Alice and Helen. She came forth, Lincoln kissed her, and he said he took her advice.


interesting isnt it,,i know many of you wont find it interesting but its very motivating as i see it,,if a president can take advice from a kid,,we gotta learn our lessons too

Insincerely Yours,
teen member
Frankenstein
Posted on 12/12/2006 1:01:36 PM
is that true
wowwww


hum bhi mushi uncle ko aik letter likhne lage hein
u ll see him clean shave in 2 weeks
Posted on 12/12/2006 2:36:21 PM
that is so british

i mean the look


still used down yorkshire
Posted on 12/12/2006 6:41:35 PM
Ashii:
is that true
wowwww




of-course its true,,
bcoz i nomore cook things up



Ashii:

hum bhi mushi uncle ko aik letter likhne lage hein
u ll see him clean shave in 2 weeks




, ask him to have a beard instead
bcoz without a mustache he'd be lookin like a she-devil
Posted on 12/13/2006 11:28:25 AM
Asian:
that is so british

i mean the look


still used down yorkshire



i think he was americano
but may be this girl grace had some birtish influence on her
Posted on 12/13/2006 11:48:24 AM
frenki jiggerrrsss
wots going on haan.....
Posted on 12/13/2006 12:43:47 PM
hmmm interestingGgg




She-devil

Posted on 12/13/2006 9:17:31 PM
WOW !!!!
Posted on 12/13/2006 9:37:33 PM
most of americans are british/scotish/irish
its normal to have that much influence




she-devil
acha hai naaa,,, she-devil is infact less devastating than he-devil
Posted on 12/15/2006 2:08:56 AM
intresting fact

Aashi ji mushi uncle ko letter nahi likha aap ney aabhi tak
Posted on 12/15/2006 9:19:26 AM
FRENKI
mushi ki pehle uniform uterwao.jab tak vo verdi main he kisi ki nahin sune ga
Posted on 12/15/2006 2:05:09 PM
max power:
frenki jiggerrrsss
wots going on haan.....



tryin to figure out life!
Posted on 12/15/2006 6:14:54 PM
Ashii:
most of americans are british/scotish/irish
its normal to have that much influence


i dont find it normal and even cant think of single person who's american irish and scotish
at the same time,,i guess u made a boo boo here


Ashii:

she-devil
acha hai naaa,,, she-devil is infact less devastating than he-devil



Well that’s a debatable issue,,,
Posted on 12/15/2006 6:17:54 PM
nikama:
FRENKI
mushi ki pehle uniform uterwao.jab tak vo verdi main he kisi ki nahin sune ga



Iam afraid,,but only his wife can do this
Posted on 12/15/2006 6:24:46 PM
y not franky ??
if one of my parents were french,, id b a franco-paki
par hamara kehne ka matlab tha kkkkkkkk,,, america mei AMERICAN kaun hai?? they ve a strong british influence coz unn ki majority ki roots UK ki hi hein
boo boooooooooo


lets NOT debate on this issue
aap ko hara k dil nahi dukhana




waise lincoln looks a bit like Jinnah
Posted on 12/16/2006 4:42:46 PM
haha main manmohan ko kahoon ga apne baal kaat le taklu
Posted on 12/16/2006 5:51:34 PM
In conclusion, I would like to thank all the visitors who spared thier time and bothered to read but nobody really seems to comprehended it fully as i craved; but never mind that,,ppl often find my talks hard to appreciate,,and thats one thing i love about being missunderstood

f83 high school roxx
Frankenstein
Posted on 12/21/2006 2:55:44 PM
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