Miles Ward's daybooks and ledgers comprise the bulk of Subseries B. Business Papers. They contain accounts for cargo, ships' voyages, and his local mercantile business from 1740 to 1789. Also contained in the Business Papers are miscellaneous accounts and receipts for Miles's wharves, warehouses, cargoes, and domestic concerns (1734-1790). His legal papers include deeds for land, wharves, and a pew, accounts of contributions to the salary of Rev. Dudley Leavitt, Miles's 1790 will, and his estate papers.