http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/westfiled-ny-lincoln-beddel-statues/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/westfiled-ny-lincoln-beddel-statues/#comment-18014 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:59:25 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=5109#comment-18014 [...] train trip to the inauguration in 1861 and I’ve been too busy to post anything lately, here’s a link to an earlier article on the statues of Lincoln and pen-pal Grace Beddel in Westfield, NY.  Check [...]

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/westfiled-ny-lincoln-beddel-statues/#comment-14192 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:07:10 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=5109#comment-14192 Thanks Jim.

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/westfiled-ny-lincoln-beddel-statues/#comment-14191 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:33:04 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=5109#comment-14191 Harry – Super! Grace Beddel had an impact on the future career of game maker Milton Bradley. He had made thousands of lithographs of the newly popular and (beardless) Lincoln which quickly became worthless when the Republican nominee grew a beard on the little girl’s advice. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to use his printing presses to publish games instead, and the rest is history! Keep up the great work!

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