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.
Frederick William Seward Portrait by Charles Peterson
c. 1895
Oil portrait on canvas of Frederick W. Seward (1830-1919), second son of Secretary of State William Henry Seward. Painted by Auburn artist Charles Peterson in 1895, based on a photograph. Mounted in a gilt frame.