Hartford resident James Hosmer was involved in multiple enterprises, many of which are recorded in his account books. The first serves as an alphabetical index to his accounts. Two blotters, one dated March 1833, detail sales of cloth, personal receipts, and notes endorsed. A list of debts is found at the end of the second blotter. An 1833 inventory of Hosmer's store comprises the third volume. Cloth, buttons, and thread are among the many items he provided. Household expenses, including food, insurance, coal, donations (orphan asylum, library of the Theological Institute, Female Seminary) and various subscriptions (Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston Review, The Courant) are noted in the fifth volume (1849-1863). Finally, the sixth volume (1862-1871)contains much of the same household expenses as found in the fifth. An additional volume documents the rooms and tenements Hosmer rented out, primarily on Front Street. As treasurer for the Ancient Burying Ground Association, Hosmer maintained a lengthy account for the group. Additionally, an account was kept for the Librarian Fund of the Connecticut Historical Society.
