Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries C. Shipping Papers document Nathaniel's career first as a ship master and later as a shipping merchant. Papers for the Ship Benjamin, owned by Elias Hasket Derby, cover Nathaniel's captaincy from 1792 to 1795. Papers for the Ship Herald include letters from Zacharia F. Silsbee, master of the Herald to his brother, Nathaniel. The bulk of the papers for...