A new exhibit has been placed in the Visitor Center exhibt hall. A  collection of glass oil lamps from the first half of the 19th century, donated by Jane Iglehart, is now on display. Usually refered to by collectors as "Sandwich"glass, these flint glass blown and pressed  lamps were produced in New England by both the New England Glass Company in Cambridge and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Factory betwen 1817 and 1888.  The invention of a glass pressing machine in 1825 greatly enhanced the numbers and kinds of designs  that could be produced. Over time these designs also adapted to changes in the fuels available until Kerosene became the most common fuel used after  1859.

The William Brown House is decorated for the Holidays with the preparations for a holiday party. Entertainment will include dancing in the tavern room, cards and games in the River Room, supper and desserts, and plenty of drinks. One guest will not be joining in the fun, however. Poor Mr. Black is laid low with an ague (perhaps the flu) and has taken to his bed. The doctor will soon come and bleed him if the other medicines he had left have had no effect.