Subseries C. Case and Client Documents contains maritime case papers, legal, and financial records drawn up by Joseph, and documents collected as background material. The maritime case materials include protests, ships' papers, correspondence, and testimony relating to maritime claims, protests, pensions, cases of mutiny, theft, desertion, assault, debt, and stowaways. Of special interest is the case of the 1831 theft of the schooner Franklin (alias schooner Friendship) of Alexandria, Virginia, which ran aground near Beverly. Papers for the claim cases of the schooner Swallow and brig Osprey may be found in the Captain Joseph Waters Papers (MSS 92, MH 12) and the James Devereux Papers (MSS 100, MH 1) respectively. Client legal and financial papers contain a large number of wills and estate documents, including papers for the estates of Captain John Upton, Paul Upton, Sarah and John Clifton, Benjamin Dodge, David Foley, and Captain William Johnson. For Joseph's involvement in the following estates, see the collections listed: Moses Townsend (MSS 96), Captain Joseph Waters (MSS 92, MH 12), John Nichols Jr. (MSS 98), and Peter Miller (MSS 99).