Of Note: Lincoln Reelected. Simple Message, Complex Messaging System

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Of Note: Lincoln Reelected. Simple Message, Complex Messaging System
07/30/2026 11:13 AM EDT

In 1864, Anson Burlingame, an American diplomat in China, received a telegram from his counterpart in Russia with a simple message: Abraham Lincoln had been reelected president. Yet there was a complexity behind the simplicity.

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