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.
Cane
Cane of apple wood with silver head. Beetle and child or clown also on head. Cane cut from the apple tree under which Wm. H. Seward II was wounded at the battle of Monocacy, Md, July 9, 1864. Made by A.E. Cobb, Oct. 9.1892.
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