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Diary & Ledger of Dwight Bliss - Table of Contents
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.
Mar 1881 Jan - Feb 1882 Jan - Feb 1883 Jan - Feb 1884 Jan - Feb 1885 Jan - Feb 1886
Apr - May 1881 Mar - Apr 1882 Mar - Apr 1883 Mar - Apr 1884 Mar - Apr 1885 Mar - Apr 1886
Jun - Jul 1881 May - Jun 1882 May - Jun 1883 May - Jun 1884 May - Jun 1885 May - Jun 1886
Aug - Sep 1881 Jul - Aug 1882 Jul - Aug 1883 Jul - Aug 1884 Jul - Aug 1885 Jul - Aug 1886
Oct - Nov 1881 Sep - Oct 1882 Sep - Oct 1883 Sep - Oct 1884 Sep - Oct 1885 Sep - Oct 1886
Dec 1881 Nov - Dec 1882 Nov - Dec 1883 Nov - Dec 1884 Nov - Dec 1885 Nov - Dec 1886
Jan - Feb 1887 Jan - Feb 1888 Jan - Feb 1889 Jan - Feb 1890 no entries
Mar - Apr 1887 Mar - Apr 1888 Mar - Apr 1889 Mar - Apr 1890 Mar - Apr 1891
May - Jun 1887 May - Jun 1888 May - Jun 1889 May - Jun 1890 May - Jun 1891
Jul - Aug 1887 Jul - Aug 1888 Jul - Aug 1889 Jul - Aug 1890 Jul - Aug 1891
Sep - Oct 1887 Sep - Oct 1888 Sep - Oct 1889 Sep - Oct 1890 no entries
Nov - Dec 1887 Nov - Dec 1888 Nov - Dec 1889 Nov - Dec 1890 no entries

Table of Contents for All Eleven Years


John Bliss, Dwight's Father Bliss Family after John's Death.
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__March ___ 1881            
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  Dollar/cent Bills Payable  Dollar/ cents  Memorandum 
1 Tues Snow  At home            To agt for magazine ?and  1.00           
2 Wed   Wm Bliss and i sawed wood                         
3 Thur   Wm Bliss and i sawed wood                        
4 Fri Snow  At home                        
5 Sat   Went to Wellsboro  One deer con skin 60  Grocery of OB Goods of JE    0.60   For goods of J Ellot 1.57      O B Bullard grocerys  1.80   
6 Sun   Went to E Claus                         
7 Mon   Split wood                         
8 Tues   Went to Wellsboro   W Roberts for hardware       Hors shoing Grocerys .60 .85      To W. Roberts for hardware   Maud Claus died 
9 Wed   Scalding Buckets                         
10 Thur   Went to a funeral                         
11 Fri     Butter Eggs                       
12 Sat   Went to Antrim      Butter & eggs  $ 3.40                 
13 Sun   Choped wood Went to Meeting                         
14 Mon   Went to the sawmill    For lumber of H. Clark       For lumber of H. Clark 0.40           
15 Tues   Wm Bliss and i cutting wood                         
16 Wed                            
17 Thur   Boiled sap                         
18 Fri   Boiled sap Went to Antrim  12 lb Butter      For Butter  3.00             Linda was here 
19 Sat   Went to Wellsboro  25 CP Pond One dear on skin 50  For grocerys and goods  One Dear on skin  $ 0.50    For grocerys and goods  2.25           
20 Sun   At home 1/2 day and took Linda to Antrim                         
21 Mon   Went over home and to the Round Top    Harness straps        Harness straps  3.30           
22 Tues   Hauled wood 1-2 Split wood 1-2                         
23 Wed   Hauled wood 1-2 Split wood 1-2                         
24 Thur   Went to avanue R.J., Dicksons    One Diary From Knapp        One diary from Knapp  4.00          Wm Broughton died 
25 Fri   Hauled wood 1-2 Split wood 1-2                         
26 Sat   Split Wood                         
27 Sun   Went to meeting                        Wm Houck died 
28 Mon   Split wood                         
29 Tues Cldy  Went to Wellsboro to mill    For merchandis 1.75        For merchandis  1.75           
30 Wed NE Snow  Boiled sap 1-2                         
31 Thur NW Snow  Went to Antrim  Eggs molasses  $ 2.45  Eggs molases  $ 2.45                 
          Total  $ 9.95      15.32      Acont Balenced     
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