It is said that the old Seward kitchen was one of the most popular stations of the Underground Railroad, and that many a poor slave who fled by this route to Canada carried to his grave the remembrance of its warmth and cheer.
Owned by the Watson family (Janet Watson Seward wife of Wm. H. Seward II). From the butler's pantry; four cups and five saucers, large size, trimmed in gold, smooth outer edges. Handles on cups are angular.