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<B>Grace Bedell Autographed Typed Copy of Her Letter to Lincoln,</B></I> signed "<I>Grace Bedell Billings</B></I>", one page, 6" x 8", ca. 1934, with its original envelope addressed to collector Henry Luhrs of Pennsylvania. The lot also includes a 5" x 3" card bearing the same signature. All items very fine condition. During the closing days of the 1860 presidential race Abraham Lincoln received a letter from a Westfield, New York girl suggesting he grow a beard. The young lady was Grace Bedell, age 11, and she wrote in part: "...I have got 4 brothers 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...". Lincoln, of course, followed her advice, grew his signature set of whiskers and...won the election. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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