How was the task done before the telegraph?

Answer 1

A little slower. For anyone out of shouting distance, you had to send a written message, or send someone out to tell them or ask them what you wanted.

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Until the development of horse-drawn mail services then the coming of the railways accelerated postal communications from the 18C onwards, things were indeed a little slower. For centuries, sending a letter and receiving a reply over a round-trip of just 200 miles was a hazardous undertaking lasting possibly a fortnight or even more.

Answer 2

Well, there was the mail system. They also had men who were trained to quickly carry messages on horseback. I forget exactly what they were called though. Hope that helps. In America there was the Pony Express. (YeeHaw)

Answer 3

Life before Morse Code was a world were information was very slow to be spread. This is way with the invention of Morse code and the ability to spread information quickly save countless lives.

Answer 4

Before 1876 when the telephone was invented, people had to find other ways to get messages back and forth to each other. They had to send telegraphs, or letters in the post. Some used pigeons or sent the letters on horseback.

Answer 5

they use to deliver the messages themselves or in other words by hand

Answer 6

people would mostly talk face to face or send letters to each other.