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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 Tri-County Genealogy & History Sites Home Page How to Use This Site Warning & Disclaimer Charleston Township Page More Diaries & Letters No Unauthorized Commercial Use Say Hello to Joyce Photo is of Joyce's house with daffodils converted using Paint Shop Pro's 9.01 Colored Chalk TOY!! I've been playing.

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This collection includes eleven full years of diary notations and financial information for Dwight Bliss of Charleston 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. Back to Table of Contents

Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June___ 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

Wed 1

Rain

i went over to E Clauses a visiting

Took my sheep to G Meconels

Thur 2

i am at home 1-2 went with A. Tomb to Wm Bliss

A Tomb was here

Fri 3

Rain

i am at home

Sat 4

i ploughed for Buck___ i went to Wellsboro with hay

O Bullard 12-7__of hay

Bullard as hay

7.24

C Bullard for groceries

4.76

Sun 5

i am at home in the forenoon went to meeting

Father + Mother Broughton was here

Mon 6

i am at home Plastered Corn

Dr Webb for medicine

0.50

Tues 7

Rain

i am at home it C181 it Rained all Day

Brooster for one Halter

0.30

Marian Mickley was killed with

Wed 8

Rain

i went to Wellsboro it Rained all day

O Bullard for butter

5.00

Baillard for hors shoing

0.60

W Robests Corn

4.00

the fall of a limb June the 13

Thur 9

i am at home

H. Kimbal on acount

5.50

Fri 10

Rain

i went to the Round Top

Oil from Clouse Bird from Mrs Rumsey

Clouse for Oil Rumsey for Bird

0.08 .50

Sat 11

Clear

i went to Wellsboro 1-2 day

GW Dawson 7 1/2 doz of eggs .90

G Dorson for eggs

0.90

O Bullard Goods Grocery

4.50 3.03

Sun 12

Clear

i went down to Jacob Coles

Went down to Jacob Coles

Mon 13

Clear

i am to home to work planted 2 bushel

Drove lade to Bull

Tues 14

Cloudy

i am to home 1-2 C131went to funeral

Drove Chery to Bull

Wed 15

Clear

i went to darksettlement

Thur 16

Clear

i am to home cultivated corn

Long & Broth One hat

0.20

Fri 17

rain

i am to home today doing nothing

J Griffin Bal acount

4.80

O. Bullard Grocery

1.77

Sat 18

Clear

i drawed manure an sowed corn

O Bullard 4 1/2 eggs 15ct

O Bullard for G137/2 eggs

0.67

H Davis docter bill

2.10

Went to the city Wellsboro

Sun 19

Clear

i am home 1-2 went to the church

Drove Spot to Bull

Mon 20

Clear

i am to home to work at potatoes

Drove zube to Bull

Tues 21

Clear

i went up to Chapmans a chopping

Wed 22

Clear

i am to work for Chapmans

C. Close for Grocery

0.55

Thur 23

Clear

i am to home fiting buckwheat

M Maconel One Calf 5.00

Fri 24

Clear

i am to home 1Sowed my buckwheat

C Close Mackrel _5

M Maconel One Calf

5.00

Sat 25

Clear

at home 1-2 day went to the mill

C Close Mackerel

0.25

Sun 26

Cloudy Clear 1-2

i am to home today all day

J Chapman for labor

2.00

C Close & Housel Cobling Grocery

0.75

Drove lil to Bull

Mon 27

Cloudy

i am a caring the milk to the factery

Ray Wilson and wife was here

Tues 28

Clear

i am to home a laying around

H Meconel 1 bushel potatoes

H. Clark to Balance acount

1.45

Wed 29

Clear

i am to home today tinkering

H. Meconel 1 bushel of potatoes

0.50

Thur 30

Clear

i am to home cultivating corn

26.11

21.14

5.00

Balance

4.00

Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__July__ 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 Fri

Clear

i am to home to work on my corn

for butter

5.00

O Bullard for grocery

0.92

2 Sat

Clear

i am to home 1-2 we all to the vilage

O Bullard for eggs 1.05

O Bullard for eggs

1.05

for Goods and Article

1.32

Garfield shot

3 Sun

Clear

we went down to the folkes

we went down to broughtons

4 Mon

Clear

i am to home today howing corn

went up to Antrim to Burt

5 Tues

Clear

Howing Corn today

Bullard

31.00

{O Bullard grocery

5.00

6 Wed

Clear

went to Wellsboro all day

{CC Mathers on a note

26.50

W Roberts for hard work

1.90

7 Thur

Clear

i am to home a part of the day

8 Fri

Cldy

i am to work on the road

9 Sat

Clear

i worked on the road all day

Ann Davis Dressmaking

2.50

10 Sun

92 Clear 94

i went over to William Bliss

i drove Pet to Bull

11 Mon

Rain

i am at home a howing potatoes

J Shumway fraim

1.00

12 Tues

Clear

i at home comence haying & marve

C Close bitters

0.50

M Mcconel worked for me

13 Wed

Clear

i am at home a haying

Dave Jones + horse

14 Thur

Clear

Dave and horse to work for me

M Maconel 1 day labor

15 Frid

Clear

Dave and horse helping me hay

C Close 1/2 tea

0.25

M Maconel 1 day labor

16 Sat

Clody rain

Dave work for me 1-2

N Hide horse Shod

0.60

Marve work one half day

17 Sun

Clear

at home 1-2 went to meeting 1-2

18 Mon

Clear

i am to home to wok at hay

M Maconell work 1/2 day

19 Tues

Clear

i am to home to work at hay

M Maconell work 1 day

20 Wed

Clear

i and my horse are to work for Jones

21 Thur

Clear

i and my horse are to work for Jones

22 Frid

Clear

i and my horse are to work for Jones

23 Sat

Clear

i and my horse are to work for Jones

24 Sun

Clear

i am to home all day father + mother

Father and mother was here

25 Mon

Cldy

i was to work for Jones

26 Tues

Clear

i am to home howed my potatoes

{Old acount

1.80

J Bowens bored 2-bu Oats

27 Wed

Clody

i went up to Antrim

eight pound of butter 1.60

{for butter at antrim

1.60

C Close Ac Drugs

.75 .40

Went up to Antrim

28 Thur

Clear

i am to home at work tinkering

J Bruster harness repair

0.50

29 Frid

Clear

went over to fathers

{CC Mathers

4.00

C Mathers for Goods

boured two bushels oats

30 Sat

Clear

went to wellwsboro and parish green

O Bullard 6 doz eggs .90

{O Bullard for Eggs

0.90

O Bullard for Grocery

3.40 .98

31 Sun

Rain

At home 1-2 went to meeting

this acount is

balanced

45.35

43.82

2.90

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 01/23/2005
By Joyce M. Tice