It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance
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The girl who grew Lincoln's beard - The Week  Nov 28, 2012 ... America can thank young Grace Bedell for her courageous efforts in convincing ... His height (6'4"), stovepipe hat, and beard made him stand out in a crowd ... to write to him and urge him to grow a beard to improve his appearance. ... I am a little girl only 11 years old, but want you should be President of the...
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Grace Bedell - Wikipedia  Shortly after his nomination Mr. Lincoln had received from that place a letter from a little girl, who urged him, as a means of improving his personal appearance,...
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Abraham Lincoln's 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. ... As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affection...
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Abraham Lincoln Meets Grace Bedell - Abraham Lincoln Online  ... elected President, Lincoln received a letter from Grace Bedell, an 11-year-old girl ... a little girl, who urged him, as a means of improving his personal appearance, to wear whiskers. ... Here he was introduced for the first time to Mrs. Lincoln.
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October 15, 1860: Grace Bedell suggests Lincoln Grow a Beard ...  Oct 15, 2014 ... October 15, 1860: Grace Bedell suggests Lincoln Grow a Beard ... I am a little girl only 11 years old, but want you should be President of the ... vote for you to but I will try to get every one to vote for you that I can. ... little girl, who urged him, as a means of improving his personal appearance, to wear whiskers.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe by Natali Salinas on Prezi  May 9, 2016 ... Harriet met President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. Upon meeting her, Lincoln remarked "so this is the little lady who made this big war."
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There was a little girl, who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her ...  There was a little girl, who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who also wrote, "If your morals make you dreary, depend ... Her dress & shoes say that her family is not one of means. ..... If you are voting Republican these days, you are supporting a system that only corrupt...
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Politics As UsualAt Least in Hollywood - MovieMaker Magazine  Nov 4, 2008 ... Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln is a rarity among political filmsa preamble of ... Her portrayal, interestingly, is ambiguous at best; she seems to...
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Abraham Lincoln - Socionics - the16types.info forums  May 31, 2006 ... Default. you can't use his facial features, body, or depression to type him .... Yes, I know he had a genetic disorder but his type would still shine through... "Arnie is ..... who had come from Kentucky to live with her married sister in Springfield. ... Emerson, The Madness of Mary Lincoln (Carbondale, Ill., 2007).]
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Appendix B - Common Core State Standards Initiative  that the recommended texts were of sufficient complexity for the grade band. ..... Sarah, Plain and Tall . ...... If I put something in the water, I can make Birthday Soup. ..... and I'm afraid it didn't taste very nice, they all said good-night to each other, ...... Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his...
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Speech Analysis: Gettysburg Address  Abraham Lincoln - Six Minutes  Nov 14, 2011 ... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this ... Among the beliefs which his audience held, perhaps none were ... Lincoln knew this, of course, and included references to both of these ... More examples of three part speech outlines are described in Why ... The new nation is being tested.
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In the Shadow of the Little Giant: Lincoln before the Great Debates  In 1839 Douglas remained for Lincoln a political and even legal adversary. ... Only a few months later, the Little Giant rose higher when the legislature expanded...
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'Little Women' - The New York Times  May 15, 2005 ... First Chapter ... "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have lots of pretty things, and other ... "Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to .... Fifteen-year-old Jo was very tall, thin and brown, and reminded one of a ... She had a decided mouth, a comical nose, and sharp gray eyes,...
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Benjamin Franklin, Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress  Your Reasons against entering into it at present, appear to me not well-founded. ... then I repeat my former Advice, that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. ... then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering ... 8thly and Lastly They are so grateful!
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum | Virtual Tours | Grand Valley ...  On the Indiana frontier Lincoln received less than one year of formal schooling. ... Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet debate emancipation in the president's White ... in Springfield opened its doors in 1839, when Abraham Lincoln was 30 years old. .... He contracted typhoid fever and died on June 3, 1861, just two months after...
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The great Pretender - Salon.com  Apr 6, 1999 ... When Chrissie Hynde was a 12-year-old in Akron, Ohio, her teacher ... to the first album, she yearns to be a somebody, and her singing is so...
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The Super Cute Story Behind Abraham Lincoln's Beard | TIME  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.
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J! Archive - Show #5, aired 1984-09-14  D'Artagnan's best buddies. $200, 7. Lincoln called it "the book that caused the big war". $200, 23. A teen's "sweet" age. $200, 15. More common name for The...
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Surprising Pictures Of U.S. Presidents, Before They Became ... - Day  Bill Clinton posed with his treasured saxophone. ... with his instrument at age 12; by high school he had won first chair in the Arkansas state band's sax section.
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5 Things You May Not Know About Lincoln, Slavery and Emancipation  Sep 21, 2012 ... On September 22 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary ... What he did believe was that, like all men, blacks had the right to improve...
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How An 11-Year-Old Boy Invented The Popsicle : The Salt : NPR  Jul 22, 2015 ... But the end of this tale for Frank Epperson was not as sweet as his treat. ... about this: You're enjoying the fruits of an 11-year-old entrepreneur's labor. ... by the name of Frank Epperson accidentally invented the summertime treat. He had mixed some sugary soda powder with water and left it out overnight.