Series III. Joshua Ward (1752-1825) Papers includes shipping and business papers for Joshua's mercantile and distillery businesses. Joshua's shipping papers, which spans the years 1775 to 1832, includes records for vessels owned by or which carried cargo for Joshua to ports in Europe, the West Indies, Africa, and coastwise America. Ward's ships were involved in such activities as privateering (in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, see Appendix II), fishing voyages, and West Indies and European trade. The Shipping Papers are arranged in three subseries: ships' papers, general shipping papers, and shipping and merchant house correspondence.