Abraham Lincoln - The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 3.24) lyrics

Letter Suggesting A Beard To Miss Grace Bedell, Ripley N.Y. Springfield, Ill., October 19, 1860 MISS GRACE BEDELL. MY DEAR LITTLE MISS:—Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received. I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughter. I have three sons—one seventeen, one nine, and one seven. They with their mother constitute my whole family. As to the whiskers, as I have never worn any, do you not think that people would call it a piece of silly affectation were I to begin wearing them now? I am your true friend and sincere well-wisher, A. LINCOLN.