In due time…..when I shall have paid the debt of Nature, my remains will rest here in your midst with those of my kindred and neighbors. It is possible they may be unhonored, neglected, spurned! But, perhaps, years hence …..some wandering stranger, some lone exile may erect over them a humble stone, and thereon, this epitaph, “He was Faithful.”
Clothing & Textiles
Clothing & Textiles
Apron 1951.1.14Woman's long white cotton apron, floor-length. Rows of small sewn horizontal pleats, machine stitched, divided by a larger one. Worn by Janet Watson Seward. "Janet Watson" written on band. Fastened with mother of pearl button instead of ties. Hand-hemmed, c. late 1850s. |
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Chinese Embroidered Silk PanelPortrait of Sec. Seward in center with his three sons along the top. Also pictured are the eight taoist fairies. Presented to Sec Seward during his visit to China in 1870. Height - 120in Width - 70in
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Tlingit Face CollarThough William H. Seward spearheaded the purchase of Alaska for the U.S. in 1867, he did not travel there until 1869. During his trip he visited the Tlingit Indians who are a prominent Native American group still living in southeast Alaska. Seward acquired several traditional Tlingit pieces for... |
