Grace Greenwood Bedell Billings was the person who, at the age of 11, wrote to Abraham Lincoln, then just a candidate, urging him to grow his now-iconic bear: “All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President.”
His ridiculously charming reply:
My dear little Miss Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received - I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters - I have three sons - one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age -As to the whiskers have never worn any do you not think people would call it a silly affriction if I were to begin it now? Your very sincere well wisher A. Lincoln
All the ladies like whiskers
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Yes, yes we do…
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LL Cool Whiskers
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ALL the ladies love whiskers. SO CUTE!
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Bitches love whiskers.
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