A handwritten letter from a child to Abraham Lincoln, dated October 18, 1860, with slightly faded ink and cursive script on aged paper—this historic document is known as Grace Bedell’s letter to Abraham Lincoln.

Grace Bedell’s letter to Abraham Lincoln

Letters, History, Politics / By Joe Hummel III

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

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