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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Wasn’t another one that Samurai, the telegraph and Lincoln were all alive in the same time period so you could have a Samurai send an electronic message to Lincoln.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Well, yes, but I don't think there were lines connecting the two.

    That said, Matthew Perry (not that one) had already reestablished relations with Japan during Lincoln's time

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    If memory serves me right there were exiled samurai in California and Mexico at the same time as the Mexican-American war so its entirely feasible to have them fighting during said war. Though as I understand they were pretty universally insular and mostly stuck to themselves.

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