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what was a major way people communicated before the invention of the telephone

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A major way was written mail (letters) for everyday communication, and for fast long-distance messages the electric telegraph (Morse code) was widely used before the telephone.

Briefly:
- Postal systems and letters handled most personal, business, and legal communication.
- The telegraph (from the 1830s–1840s onward) carried urgent messages quickly over long distances.
- Other methods included couriers/messengers, signal flags/semaphore, smoke signals, and carrier pigeons.