16th February 1861: Abraham Lincoln meets the girl who advised him to grow a beard to gain more votes

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During the presidential campaign, 11-year-old Grace Bedell had written a letter to Abraham Lincoln in which she suggested that he would look more distinguished, and garner more votes, if he grew a ...