Subseries C. Shipping and Merchant House Correspondence is filed alphabetically by firm name (see Appendix III) and includes correspondence, accounts, and ship's papers from foreign and American merchants. Correspondence from Ichabod and Nathan Nichols (B15, F1), merchants in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, discusses the loading of cargo and readying of vessels for sail, many of which were privateers. Letters from Joseph Bass (B13, F1), Joshua's brother-in-law, include personal information as well as business. The miscellaneous shipping correspondence includes letters from captains of unidentified vessels and letters from J. B. LaMarque (1795-1796), which describe political events in Europe and America (B16, F7).