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Why President Lincoln Grew a Beard
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     challenging words:    affectation, agreeable, president-elect, well-wishers, cunning, necessity, memorial, hometown, anonymous, brazen, constitute, newly, writing, actually, bold, ever
     content words:    United States, New York, Abraham Lincoln, Grace Bedell, Abe Lincoln, Dear Sir, Grace Bedell Westfield Chatauque County New York, Ill Oct, Miss Grace Bedell, President Lincoln

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Why President Lincoln Grew a Beard
By Joyce Furstenau 		  
1     Have you ever written a letter to a candidate running for the office of president of the United States? A little girl from Westfield, New York, wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln in October of 1860. Her name was Grace Bedell. She was eleven years old when she decided to write a letter to her favorite presidential candidate. She wrote a letter of support. In it she made a suggestion. Grace Bedell took it upon herself to let Mr. Lincoln know that he might do better in the election if he grew a beard.
 
2     Mr. Lincoln actually read Grace Bedell's letter. Abe Lincoln had never worn a beard before. He thought writing this letter took courage. He also found it amusing that an eleven-year-old girl would be brazen enough to make such a suggestion.
 
3     The following is Grace Bedell's letter exactly as it appeared:

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