Subseries B. Shipping and Business Papers are generally comprised of administrative materials related to Crowninshield shipping activities and papers that document John's efforts at diversification through real estate investments in Maine and other businesses in New Orleans. The accounts are primarily related to the crew of the Belisarius but also concern the cargo carried on that voyage. The New Orleans investment papers contain correspondence, bills, and accounts with the two agencies that handled the distillery and the saw mill. Correspondence from Benjamin (1782-1864) includes letters to John during the 1817 voyage of Cleopatra's Barge and material concerning the supervision of the New Orleans businesses.