Tag Archives: Grace Bedell

Thanks to Keith for finding the topic of today’s post. According to the “On This Day” section of The New York Times, in 1860 a girl named Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln stating that she believed Lincoln could improve his appearance if he grew a beard. I thought this was interesting story so Keith and I began searching the entire Internet and came across some really interesting primary sources regarding this event.  … Read more… →