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.
Three pieces of chain armor - helmet, should-piece and gauntlet. All flat metal on armor is engraved. Flat pieces of metal and metal mesh. Worn during the Crusades. Obtained by Sec. Wm. H. Seward during his visit to Cairo in 1871.