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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__August__ 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

Mon 1

Shory

i went down a huckle buring

i went to huckleberyg

Tues 2

Clear

i mowed grass and tinkered

One buck lamb

$ 3.00

G Maconel 1 lamb

2.40

G Maconel for pasture

2.40

G Maconel on deal

Wed 3

Clear

i Cut Some on ots and ___ them

Thur 4

Clear

i Cut Some Oats and wheat hop

Fri 5

Clear

i am to home to work at Oats

Sat 6

Clear

i and dave are Cutting Oats

Sun 7

Rain

i went to meeting and over home

i was over home

Mon 8

Clear

i am at home to work at my Oats

Tues 9

Clear

i am to work for W R Jones

Wed 10

Clear

i am to work for father

J Bly? 1 day labor

Paid 1.00

i worked for father

Thur 11

Clear

i am to work for Hiram Kimball

H Kimball 1 day labor

1.25

1 day for Kimbal;

Fri 12

Clear

i am to work for Joseph Bowen

Sat 13

Clear

i am to home a hanling on my Oats

C Close 1/2 lb of tea .25

C Close for tea

0.25

Sun 14

Cldy

i am to home 1-2 Bill and Viry here

Bill and Virey was here

Mon 15

Clear

i am to work for Joseph Bowen

J Bowen 2 day labor

2.50

Tues 16

Clear

i went a black berying got 10 qarts

Wed 17

Clear

i am to home today a Cutting thisels

welding

0.50

Thur 18

Clear

i and dave went a bereying

Derby pair shoes

2.50

Fri 19

Clear

i am to home today to work

J. Shumway for fraim

1.00

Sat 20

Clear

i went to the vilage

O Bullard 7 doz of Eggs 1.05

O Bullard Grocery 2.70

2.70

O Bullard for Eggs

1.05

O Bullard for Grocery

2.70

G. Bliss bored money

5.00

Sun 21

Clear

i went down to Broughtons

Went down to Broughton

Mon 22

Clear

i went a bereying and to the round top

Housel Shoemaking

0.55

Tues 23

Clear

i worked for Kimball thrashing

H Kimball 3 quarter day

0.75

i worked for Kimball

Wed 24

Clear

i went down to babbs and Antrim

for my diner

0.08

i went down to babs tanery

Thur 25

Clear

i am to home 1-2 i layed around

Fri 26

Clear

i am to home Cutting wood went to the city

Sat 27

Clear

i am to home today

for wool carding

0.63

O Bullard Glassware

0.50

Sun 28

Clear

i am to home 1-2 i am to home 1-2

George Genings and wife were here

Mon 29

Clear

i am to work for Jake Kimball

J C Kimball labor

0.75

worked for J C Kimball 3/4 of day

Tues 30

Clear

i am to home today

three lams to Bowen 9.00

J Bowen 3 lambs

9.00

Nely Kimball for washing

1.50

Wed 31

Clear

i am to home today a tinkering

Joseph Bwen for 2 day labor

2.50

Amount

14.95

11.86

3.82

Balanced 5.75

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

Thur 1

Cdy

i am to home digging potatoes

{J Elliott

0.50

Fri 2

i went to the City of wellsboro

{hardware and goods

1.97

Sat 3

Clear

i am to home Cutting buckwheat

Sun 4

Clear

i am to home 1-2 went to Chery flats

We went to Chery flats

Mon 5

Clear

i am to home Cutting Corn

Tues 6

Clear

i am to home Cutting Corn

Wed 7

Clear

i am to home Cutting Corn

Lind English is here

Thur 8

Clear

went over to hides worked for Kimball

horse shoeing N Hide

0.30

HE Kimball 3 quarters__

0.37

worked for Kimbull 1/2 day

Fri 9

Clear

i worked to home 1-2 went to black shop

N Hide for Setting tire

2.00

Sat 10

Clear

i worked for Jake Kimball

J Kimball 1 day labor

0.75

Jake Kimball 3 __artersday

Sun 11

Cldy

i am to home went to the round top

father & mother broughton

Mon 12

Cldy

i worked for Hiram Kimball

George Maconel labbor

0.37

Tues 13

Tues

i and George Maconel thrashed buckwheat

for butter at antrim

3.68

H Hart for beef 2 1/2

0.32

A tomb for 5 doz egg

0.75

A tomb 2 sheep

9.00

Wed 14

Clear

i went to Antrim and layed around

14 lbs butter to Antrim

Couple of Sheep of Tome

(for paint

2.25

S. Mills 1 day labor

0.75

Thur 15

Clear

i am to work for Mills a thrashing

(J White for peaches

1.50

Went to the reunion

Fri 16

Rain

i am to home 1-2 we went to wellsboro to the reunion

(G Sears 1 pair boots

1.75

Sat 17

Clear

i am to home 1-2

(Bal. On Cow

15.00

we went down to Broughtons

Sun 18

Clear

went to Broughton

A Pope for the Cow

10.00

(S. Mills 1/2 day labor

0.50

Mon 19

Clear

to home a half a day went to Mills 1-2

A Poppe 1 cow 25 dol

(S. Mills 1 day labor

1.00

Tues 20

Clear

i am to work for Mills 1 day

Wed 21

Clear

i am to home to work

N. Hide horse shod

0.70

Thur 22

Clear

i am to home went to lindes

Fri 23

Clear

i am to home a diging potatoes

Eugen & Mary (Close) are here

Sat 24

Clear

i helped Kimbal rais Eugene + Mary here

went over to fathers

Sun 25

Clear

we went over to fathers

Mon 26

i am a digging potatoes

Tues 27

i am a digging potatoes

Wed 28

i am a husking my Corn

W R Jones half day

0.50

Thur 29

i am to work at my Corn

W R Jones half day

0.52

Fri 30

i haelped W R Jones thrash

Amount

13.68

14.59

19.12

0.70

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