[DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln's Letter to Grace Bedell - Abraham Lincoln Online [PAR] Letter to Grace Bedell ... It's a reply to an 11-year-old Westfield, New York girl 
who wrote to suggest that he grow a  a beard ... I have three sons -- one 
seventeen, one nine, and one seven, years of age. ... Grace Bedell's Letter to 
Lincoln ... and part of them will vote for you any way and if you will let your 
whiskers grow I will try... [DOC] [TLE] Grace Bedell - Wikipedia [PAR] Grace Greenwood Bedell Billings (November 4, 1848  November 2, 1936) was 
an American woman, notable as the person whose correspondence, at the age... [DOC] [TLE] The Super Cute Story Behind Abraham Lincoln's Beard | TIME [PAR] Oct 15, 2014 ... Oct. 15, 1860: Grace Bedell, age 11, tells Abraham Lincoln to let your ... More 
Election Coverage ... of them will vote for you any way and if you let your 
whiskers grow I will ... (for) most of the men on the frontier to allow their beards to 
grow. ... own question, since he began growing his facial hair shortly after. [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln: A Beard Is Born - The New York Times [PAR] Nov 24, 2010 ... There are more portraits of it in existence than of any other face. ... that it's almost 
legendary: Grace Bedell, an 11-year-old in upstate New York, wrote him ... If I 
had another face, he asked, do you think I'd wear this one? ... half century, only 
one man would be elected president without benefit of facial hair. [DOC] [TLE] "In 1860, an 11-year-old girl named Grace Bedell wrote a letter to ... [PAR] 'Dear Sir...if you let your whiskers grow...you would look a great deal better for 
your face is so thin. ... This is why every man should strive for facial hair: "In 1860, 
an 11-year-old girl named ..... Few presidents had more stress than Abraham 
Lincoln. ..... Then about age 10, he played the piano for President James 
Buchanan. [DOC] [TLE] 24 Vintage Photographs of Abe Lincoln | Mental Floss [PAR] Aug 1, 2012 ... Lincoln would later win a seat in the US House of Representatives ... When 
Lincoln won the election, an 11-year-old girl named Grace Bedell wrote the 
President-elect a letter: You would look a great deal better [if you grew a beard] 
for ... his hair high in this picture because he had a life mask appointment. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Abraham Lincoln's appearance" - Internet Archive [PAR] Childlike, the girl told her mother that she thought Lincoln would look bettor with a 
... So T wrote him if he woulu let his whiskers grow that I could get my father and 
.... "Miss Grace Bedell: ' "My Dear Little Miss- Your Very agree- able letter of the 
...... During the election campaign of 1860, Mrs Billints, then an 11-year- old girl... [DOC] [TLE] 2 - UNREMEMBERED [PAR] He demanded nothing but the best from his boys, who in return, each earned a .... 
Although a handful of past presidents had tried, none had served more than two 
terms ... Even went so far as to warn Roosevelt that if he did win reelection, he 
would ... named Grace Bedell who suggested the president-elect should grow 
one. [DOC] [TLE] The Man Does Not Live Who Is More Devoted to Peace Than I Am [PAR] The ever-obliging Lincoln agreed to take a 1900-mile train journey from ... New 
York for only the final leg of the trip.11 He evidently wanted to spare them ...... the 
election was known, the children wanted to know if they would now all be majors. 
...... 1860, and Lincoln to Grace Bedell, Springfield, 19 October 1860, Basler, ed.,
... [DOC] [TLE] Life Stories - Lincoln and New York [PAR] He worried that he would spend his life alone, but in New Salem he met and ... a 
more moderate position on slavery and believed a westerner might

Question: Grace Bedell, age 11, thought this man would win an election by more than a hair if he grew whiskers; he agreed
Answer: Abraham Lincoln