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.
A Embroidered vest, pants, shoes, and stockings worn by Seward when he was presented to Queen Victoria in 1859. Victoria gave him a private audience and treated him as though he were already the US President, as much of Europe expected.