Decedents on his mother's side include Samuel Huntington who was a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and Major David Huntington who was the first gun maker in America and provided weapons for George Washington's army.
Hamilton used a foot-power scroll saw to cut the letters, and then mounted them to a block of wood.
As the Midwestern United States grew in the late 1800s, print shops and newspapers were established by the new populace.
[9] The economic and geographic advantages Hamilton had allowed him to dominate the market and acquire the competition.
In 1909, he purchased the Tubbs Manufacturing Company in Ludington, Michigan which was the last of his major competitors in business.