Theodore Roosevelt's words on Lincoln

[Linda Anderson]

I hope you get a chance to visit Auburn, Toia. The Seward Mansion is just up the street from the Harriet Tubman house. There is a fantastic museum at the Tubman house. What a life Harriet had!

"In 1857, Harriet Tubman relocated her parents from St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada to Auburn, NY. She was provided a two story brick home [photo] on the outskirts of Auburn, by her friend, William H. Seward. A short time later he sold the property to Tubman for a modest sum, an illegal transaction at the time. Seward was at that time the US Senator from New York.

"In 1863, Tubman led a group of African American Union soldiers on raids along the Comcahee River in South Carolina. There she met a soldier named Nelson Davis. They were married in Auburn in 1869, with the Sewards among the many friends in attendance. Davis and Tubman lived in a brick house on the property until his death in 1888. That house is now used as home for the Resident Manager of the Harriet Tubman Home."

http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/home.htm

http://www.harriethouse.org/