Subseries B. Willard Peele Phillips, 1849-1871, includes accounts of the ship Elizabeth, originally owned by his father (see Stephen Clarendon Phillips Papers for papers of the vessel prior to 1849). Papers as Collector of Customs, a position Willard held from 1861-1865, are comprised mainly of petitions for the position of inspector at Beverly and Salem. His business, civic, and personal correspondence include evidence of his interest in capturing Confederate privateers and the Barton Square Independent Congregational Church. Also here are his licenses and tax receipts as a wholesale dealer and the bills from the estate of his father-in-law Francis Boardman.