Hamilton in winter
Hamilton House was built by Colonel Jonathan Hamilton, a wealthy shipbuilder and West Indies merchant, between 1785 and 1787. At that time, the Salmon Falls River was busy with traffic transporting goods and people between South Berwick and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 12 miles downstream. When Hamilton purchased the Hamilton House property in 1783, there were already docks, warehouses, and a shipyard on the site.
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