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.
Turkish Hookah Pipe. Comprised of pipe and smoking fixture. Red glass with enamel and gold decoration. Smoking fixture is gilt bronze. Brought from Constantinople in 1840. Seward received this on his 1869 trip to the Middle East.