Grace Bedell - Wikipedia
Grace Greenwood Billings (née Bedell; November 4, 1848 – November 2, 1936) was an American woman, notable as a person whose correspondence, at the age of eleven, encouraged Republican Party nominee and future president Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard. Lincoln later met with Bedell during his inaugural journey in February 1861.
Letter to Grace Bedell - Abraham Lincoln Online
It's a reply to an 11-year-old Westfield, New York girl who wrote to suggest that he grow a a beard to improve his Presidential prospects. Lincoln didn't make any promises, but he wore a full beard as President-elect when he stopped in Westfield on …
Abraham Lincoln Meets Grace Bedell
A few weeks before he was elected President, Lincoln received a letter from Grace Bedell, an 11-year-old girl from Westfield, New York, who urged him to grow a beard to help him get elected. In Lincoln's response of October 19, he gave no promises, but …
Grace Bedell letter to Lincoln | DPL DAMS - Detroit Public Library
Letter from Grace Bedell to Abraham Lincoln asking him to grow a beard to improve his chances for election. Transcript of page 1: "Westfield, Chatauqua Co. NY, Oct. 15, 1860. Hon. A. B. Lincoln. Dear Sir, My father has just home from the fair …
Grace Bedell Billings: Lincoln's Little Correspondent
2012年4月1日 · At the age of 11, Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote Candidate Abraham Lincoln on Oct. 15, 1860 suggesting that he grow a beard. She felt this would increase his appeal to voters, adding "...and then you would be president."
Grace Bedell - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society
Grace Bedell was born November 4, 1848. Bedell grew up in Westfield, New York and on October 15, 1860 she wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln encouraging him to grow a beard in order to gain more votes.
Girl's Letter Changes Face of Lincoln - ABC News
2009年1月16日 · Republicans were the brand new party opposed to slavery, and an 11-year-old girl named Grace Bedell saw something that bothered her when her Republican dad showed her a campaign poster showing the ...
Letter to Grace Bedell (October 19, 1860) – Lincoln's Writings
2013年6月10日 · A letter from an eleven-year-old girl in Westfield, New York, named Grace Bedell promised to get her brothers to vote for Lincoln if he let his beard grow. ‘you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin,’ she suggested.
Analyzing the Evidence ~ Letter to Grace Bedell Analysis …
Abraham Lincoln wrote this letter October 19, 1860 to 11-year old Grace Bedell, in response to a letter she wrote him, asking him to grow a beard.
350) Grace Bedell Billings – The Exasperated Historian
Wrote President Lincoln as a Child in a Now Famous Letter. Born: 4 November 1848, Westfield, New York, United States of America. Died: 2 November 1936, Delphos, Kansas, United States of America. In it, Grace told him to grow whiskers because his face was so thin.