Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. William, Joseph, and Charles H. Orne Shipping Papers include papers from 1794-1899 which are arranged alphabetically by vessel and include accounts, receipts, bills of lading, crew lists, and correspondence of ships William owned and his nephew Joseph mastered. Noteworthy in this series are the papers of ship Essex, which contain a cabin boy's description of the massacre of the ship's crew by Arab pirates in 1806....