| Abstract: | The Bosworth Hardware Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, hardware store founded in 1874 by Newton C. Bosworth and known as Burrows-Bosworth Hardware Company until 1905. The company apparently specialized in industrial supplies and had accounts with such companies as Ohio Bell Telephone, Western Electric, Lake Erie Glass, Cleveland Paper and Warner and Swasey. The collection consists of financial records, including of account books, indexes to account books, and cash journals. Included are external and internal accounts, with dates and amounts for merchandise, advertising, labor, tools, charity and other expenses. The cash journals include a daily account of transactions. | |