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Importance Of The Telegraph
Dear: Samuel Morse thanks for inventing the telegraph in 1837. Your invention helped improve the way we communicate. Mr.Samuel Morse you wont believe that we have cell phones. A cell phone is something u put in ur pocket and you can text on it and you can get on the internet. It was invented in Washington D.C. in 1837. The telegraph was invented to communicate with other people from different places.

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