Our Own Bill Daley Announces Departure
Longtime Sandwich Historical Commission member and history lover William Daley has stepped down after volunteering in town over the last 18 years. Read More Bill's Background & Comments on the Sandwich Glass Factory BILL'S ONLINE ARTICLES: Brady Island Timothy Ruggles – The Rise and Fall [...]
The Sand Hill School
Deming Jarves The area around the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich became known as Jarvesville, named after the factory’s founder, Deming Jarves. As the number of glass factory workers grew, the company built housing for them as well as a company store and a school. In [...]
The Acorn
The Acorn - a steam-sail ship once owned by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company by William F. Daley (Courtesy Sandwich Glass Museum) In 1825, entrepreneur Deming Jarves arrived in Sandwich to build his glass making operations, the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (B&S). It had an immediate impact [...]
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