We do love finding out about the clothes worn by the great and the good – and what their clothes might reveal about their character.

Here is a terrific newspaper article from 1905 that muses on the hat and apparel of Abraham Lincoln.

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser – Saturday 19 August 1905

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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19050819/186/0014