What Hath God Wrought Analysis

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Erin Boyd Dr. Erika Bsumek His 317L – Building America 10 April 2015 “What Hath God Wrought?” An Analysis of the Telegraph in American History As a child during frequent road trips through East Texas, I would press my face against the cool window of the family station wagon, look out, and wonder, “Who planted these rows of cotton? How did they make them so even? What are these black lines in the sky stretched between poles? Where do they begin and end? Who made all of this?” I was looking at infrastructure, the prerequisite for the development of any nation. Transportation, energy, water, food, health, housing, educational facilities, and rapid communication are now the requirements for human existence. But for the purpose of this essay, …show more content…

And a rough form of a telegraphic device was already in use in France by 1798 (Coincidentally, the word “infrastructure” itself is also borrowed from the French.) But it wasn’t until 1838 that New York University professor Samuel Morse presented his version of the telegraph and its revolutionary means of communication, Morse Code, to the U.S. government. At the time, 62 other people were claiming to have invented the telegraph, but Morse was the only one who received political backing, thus he and his business model are largely credited for the invention. With a $30,000 grant from Congress, Morse built a telegraph line from Washington D.C. to Baltimore. In 1844, surrounded by politicians, Morse dispatched the first instant message over a commercial communication line – “What hath God wrought?” the first telegram read. Indeed. The impact that this new form of electro-telecommunication would have on humanity and the world was surely …show more content…

How the Telegraph Changed the World. Jefferson: McFarlane & Company, Inc., 2015. Print. Carey, James W. Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society, Revised Edition, pp. 155–177. Taylor & Francis. 2009. Print. Mercer, David. The Telephone the Life Story of a Technology. Westport: Greenwood, 2006. Print. Nonnenmacher, Tomas. History of the U.S. Telegraph Industry. EH.Net Encyclopedia, edited by Robert Whaples. August 14, 2001. WEB. URL http://eh.net/encyclopedia/history-of-the-u-s-telegraph-industry/ "Imagining the Internet." Imagining the Internet. Elon University School of Communications. WEB. URL

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