Lincoln Discussion Symposium

New York?

Pennsylvania, because Seward had traveled with Lincoln to Gettysburg.

Best
Rob

Anita and Rob - both answers are incorrect. This is one of those questions in which a logical answer is incorrect. Seward misspoke regarding which state he was in.

Maryland?

Excellent, Michael! Maryland it is. According to Gettysburg resident Charles McCurdy, Seward had some drinks earlier at the Robert Harper home where he was staying.

McCurdy writes that Harper was with Seward in the crowd. Harper immediately pulled at Seward's coat, and he shouted in Seward's ear: "You have made a mistake, Seward, this isn't Maryland, this is Pennsylvania." Seward turned to the crowd and said: "Oh, yes, and including all other states adjacent thereto." Everyone within earshot laughed.

I did not get this story from McCurdy's book, but I assume it's in there.

https://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Memoir...1482345617

What is the connection between what's pictured here and Abraham Lincoln?

Hint 1. Lincoln excelled in science and technology.

Does the connection come before or during the Civil War? If the latter, does it have to do with a weapon the Union was considering?

The connection is before the Civil War.

Is it somehow related to Lincoln's invention
Patent No. 6,469
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6469A/en


and
Wind turbine
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis....695242.pdf

Michael,
It's not directly related to Lincoln's invention Patent No. 6,469, and yet in a more general sense , yes when discussing Discoveries and Inventions.

and it's not the Wind turbine patent, yet in a sense the concept predates it.

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Hint 2. The connection I'm looking for is related to something Lincoln did a number of times beginning in 1858.

Does it have to do with a speech he gave in that year?

Yes it does.

Anita, Lincoln gave a non political speech on technology or science... Niagara? Are we getting warmer or colder?

Yes, warmer to science and technology but no to Niagara.
Think lecture(s) and specific content within, related to the photo... location closer to home.