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the first telegraph wasn't sent. the code was sent to Abe Lincoln

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on May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought?" from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland

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The telegraph was used for communicating with other people, by using codes sent over wires, before the telephone was invented.

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sending something to someone..........I think

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