11 year-old Grace Bedell’s letter to Abraham Lincoln, advising him to grow a beardOctober 18, 1860Dear SirMy father has just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlin’s. I am a little girl only eleven years old, but want you should be President of the United States very much so I… Read More
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Sarah Lougue’s letter to her runaway slave Jermain Wesley Logan (Jarm Logue)His response is included below.February 20th, 1860.To JARM:-I now take my pen to write you a few lines, to let you know how well we all are. I am a cripple, but I am still able to get about. The rest of the family… Read More