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| Diary & Ledger of Dwight Bliss -
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| Township: Charleston Township, Tioga County PA |
| Year: 1881-1891 |
| Transcribed by Esther MAYS Harer |
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This collection includes eleven full years of diary notations and
financial information for Dwight Bliss of Charleston Township.
He
lived in the Round Top area of the township. Not everyone is
interested in Nineteenth Century farm economy. There's me and maybe
three other people on the planet. However, do not overlook these
pages. If nothing else is of interest to you, the last column,
Memorandum, includes notation on countless deaths and other events
in the area. It is at the far right and you'll need to use your
scrolling bar to get over to it. Also the daily financial
transactions give us great insight into the lives of people
operating in a barter (trade) economic sytem. Don't pay too much
attention to the prices. We'd need a Consumer Price Index to convert
them to a 2005 equivalent to get significant comparative information
from them. Many thanks to Esther for making this available to us.
Table of Contents for All Eleven Years
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| John Bliss, Dwight's Father |
Bliss Family after John's Death. |
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Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__March ___ 1881 |
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Day of Week |
WEATHER Wind/Asp'cts |
Principal Occupation of the Day |
Sales |
Purchases |
Contracts Made & With Whom |
Cash Received |
Dollar/ Cents |
Cash Paid Out |
Dollars/ Cents |
Bills Receivable |
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Bills Payable |
Dollar/ cents |
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1 Tues |
Snow |
At home |
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To agt for magazine ?and |
1.00 |
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2 Wed |
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Wm Bliss and i sawed wood |
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3 Thur |
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Wm Bliss and i sawed wood |
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4 Fri |
Snow |
At home |
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5 Sat |
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Went to Wellsboro |
One deer con skin 60 |
Grocery of OB Goods of JE |
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0.60 |
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For goods of J Ellot |
1.57 |
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O B Bullard grocerys |
1.80 |
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6 Sun |
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Went to E Claus |
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7 Mon |
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Split wood |
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8 Tues |
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Went to Wellsboro |
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W Roberts for hardware |
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Hors shoing Grocerys |
.60 .85 |
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To
W. Roberts for hardware |
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Maud Claus died |
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9 Wed |
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Scalding Buckets |
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10 Thur |
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Went to a funeral |
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11 Fri |
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Butter Eggs |
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12 Sat |
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Went to Antrim |
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Butter & eggs |
$ 3.40 |
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13 Sun |
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Choped wood Went to Meeting |
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14 Mon |
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Went to the sawmill |
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For lumber of H. Clark |
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For lumber of H. Clark |
0.40 |
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15 Tues |
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Wm Bliss and i cutting wood |
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16 Wed |
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17 Thur |
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Boiled sap |
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18 Fri |
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Boiled sap Went to Antrim |
12 lb Butter |
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For Butter |
3.00 |
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Linda was here |
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19 Sat |
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Went to Wellsboro |
25 CP Pond One dear on skin 50 |
For grocerys and goods |
One Dear on skin |
$ 0.50 |
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For grocerys and goods |
2.25 |
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20 Sun |
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At home 1/2 day and took Linda to Antrim |
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21 Mon |
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Went over home and to the Round Top |
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Harness straps |
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Harness straps |
3.30 |
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22 Tues |
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Hauled wood 1-2 Split wood 1-2 |
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23 Wed |
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Hauled wood 1-2 Split wood 1-2 |
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24 Thur |
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Went to avanue R.J., Dicksons |
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One Diary From Knapp |
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One diary from Knapp |
4.00 |
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Wm Broughton died |
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25 Fri |
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Hauled wood 1-2 Split wood 1-2 |
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26 Sat |
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Split Wood |
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27 Sun |
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Went to meeting |
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Wm Houck died |
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28 Mon |
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Split wood |
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29 Tues |
Cldy |
Went to Wellsboro to mill |
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For merchandis 1.75 |
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For merchandis |
1.75 |
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30 Wed |
NE Snow |
Boiled sap 1-2 |
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31 Thur |
NW Snow |
Went to Antrim |
Eggs molasses |
$ 2.45 |
Eggs molases |
$ 2.45 |
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Total |
$ 9.95 |
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15.32 |
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Acont Balenced |
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