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.
- Newspaper, 1891
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Life of Abraham Lincoln; From His Birth to His Inauguration as President
c. 1872
Author: Ward H. Lamon
Written by personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lamon recollects the life of Abraham Lincoln down to the 4th of March, 1861.