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The First Wired President:  motherboardtv:   Lincoln’s motto: always be tmailing. Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War makes the case that Lincoln was not only tall, not only honest, but also a master of this radical new technology. Many have claimed the title before, but Lincoln was the first “technology president.” The argument is elegant and compelling: Lincoln’s adoption of technology – he received the country’s first transcontinental telegraph, from Stephen J. Field, chief justice of California, 149 years ago this week – was crucial in organizing his generals, and eventually for beating the Confederate army. More here.

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Lincoln’s motto: always be tmailing.

Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War makes the case that Lincoln was not only tall, not only honest, but also a master of this radical new technology. Many have claimed the title before, but Lincoln was the first “technology president.”

The argument is elegant and compelling: Lincoln’s adoption of technology – he received the country’s first transcontinental telegraph, from Stephen J. Field, chief justice of California, 149 years ago this week – was crucial in organizing his generals, and eventually for beating the Confederate army.

More here.

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