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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__October__ 1881

October

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

Sat 1

Clear

i went to wellsboro

1 pail of butter

G. Navil pad & bit

2.40

Sun 2

Cldy

went over to John Bliss

C. Close

1.25

went over to John Bliss

Mon. 3

Cldy

went over to Bill to drag wheat

Tues 4

Cldy

i am to home a husking Corn

Wed 5

Clear

i am to home a husking Corn

Thur 6

Clear

i am to home a making fence

Fri 7

Clear

we went to wellsboro to the fair

Expenses for the fair

1.75

Went to the fair

Sat 8

Clear

i and bill finished husking corn

(Miss Tomb for butter

0.60

Sun 9

Rain

i wentdown to Broughton

(2 doz of eggs

$ 53.00

(Miss English for butter

0.60

We down to Broughton

Mon 10

Cldy

i went to Antri and to Broughtons

(14 lbs of Butter

$ 0.30

for Butter t antrim

$ 2.88

(Miss Smith for butter

0.60

Tues 11

i am to home 1-2 worked for mills 1-2

(S Mills 1-2 day labor

0.50

Wed 12

Rain

i am to home today it is raining

Thurs 13

Cdy rain

i worked Sam mills 3/4 day

S.Mills three qarters of day

0.75

Fri 14

Clear

i butchered my pig and took to ___

1 hog ___ at 8 ct lb $23.92

E Evans 1 Pog $2.25

E Evens 1 pig

2.25

Hart hog due 15

23.92

Killed my hog

Sat 15

Cldy 1-2 Clear 1-2

i worked for Sam mills 1-2 day

S Mills 1-2 day

0.50

Sun 16

Sun Cldy Clear

i am to home 1-2 went over home

Mon 17

Clear

i helped Sam Mills haul stone

S Mills 1 day labor

1.00

Tues 18

rain Clear

i am to home 1-2 help George thrash

__ Antrim 25 lb of butter 30 lb

at Antrim for Butter

7.27

Wed 19

Clear

i don my thrashing

J Robb 1-2 day labor

0.50

Thurs 20

Clear

i went to the city of wellsboro

H Haid for Pork

23.92

For good & Groceryes

16.41

Took some wheat & buckwheat

Fri 21

Clear

i am to home a drawing manure

(531 1/4 at 13 ct lb due in 30 day

C Close Grocerys

0.55

Sat 22

clear

i went over to Blossburg with my Chees

(ii sold my chees to A Crowl at 53 1/2 lb

to Bloss for horse and self

0.35

A Crawl due in 30 days

69.03

Went to Blossburg today

Sun 23

Clear

i am to home 1-2 went to meeting 1-2

Mon 24

Clear

hauled manure 1-2 day Sam mills

S mills 1/2 day

0.50

Tues 25

Clear

i drawed manure and got my horse shod

N Hide for horse shoeing

2.20

Wed 26

Clear

i went down to Broughton apples

Thurs 27

Clear

i went to the city of wellsboro

1 ax & helve Roberts

O Bullard for butter

13.00

Good hardware Grocery

4.56

Fri 28

Clear

i am to work for Jake Kimball

J Kimball 1 day labor

1.00

Sat 29`

Rain

i am to home went to the round top

C Close lb of tea

$ 0.50

C Close 1 lb of tea

0.50

Sun 30

Cldy

i am to home today had company

George B__ & wife are here

Mon 31

i went down to Broughton

J Bliss 1 bugy 70 dolars

J. Bliss 1 Bugy

70.00

Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__November ___ 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

Memoranda

1

Tues Clear

i am to home a chopping wood

HmPeake 47 galons cider

0.90

H Kimball Pad 1/2 day labor

0.37

2

Wed Cldy

i am to home 1-2 helped Kimball

O bullard Grocery CC Mathers Goods

2.15

3

Thur Rain

i went to the round top went to the village

4

Fri Cldy

i comenced a plowing

5

Sat Cldy

i am a plowing with Bills horse

6

Sun Clear

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

7

Mon Rain

i went to meeting 1-2 i am a plowing 1-2

8

Tues Cldy

i am to home a plowing

9

Wed Cldy

i am a plowing all day

my sheep bucked

10

Thur Clear

i finished a plowing and took horse home

11

Fri Clear

finished plowing and took horse home

C Close for Grocerys

0.21

12

Sat Rain

i am to home rained all day

13

Sun Cldy

i was to home all day

in wellsboro for goods

1.00

J Kimball 1/2 day

0.37

A Allen 1 Bugy $90.00

14

Mon Cldy

i went to Wellsboro I worked for Jake 1-2

One buggy for $90.00

Warren Dike fixing bugy

0.75

15

Tues Cldy

i went to wellsboro for my bugy

Miss Smith for butter

4.00

Miss Smith for balance of butter

2.30

16

Wed Cldy

ii went down to the city of wellsboro

Anderson for chees

39.26

17

Thur Cldy

i went to Antrim with some butter

Miss Smith 19 lbs of butter 3.70

18

Fri Rain

i am to home today a tinkering

J J Allen on bugy

86.76

19

Sat Rain

in the house 1-2 Choped wood 1-2

A Pope on acount

15.00

Hardware and merchendizd

0.60

W Roberts 1 whip

1.00

Went to ____

20

Sun Cldy

i am to home 1-2 went to meeting

Went over to Genes

21

Mon Cldy

i went to the city of wellsboro

N Hide horse shod

0.60

22

Tues Cldy

we went over to Clauses

23

Wed Cldy

i am to home 1-2 went to the shop

A Crawel for Chees

69.05

C Close make Chees

13.38

24

Thur North Cldy

i am to home to home a banking house

25

Fri South Cldy

i am to home 1-2 went to the round top

went down to Brouhtons

26

Sat Cldy

i am to home a chopping wood

(Hardware Goods

0.80

went up to Antrim

27

Sun Cldy

we went down to Broughtons

J Wheeler pail but

16.38

(Mother on note

100.00

28

Mon Clear

we went up to Antrim

Whole

(S Evans on taxes

7.06

29

Tues Clear

i went to Wellsboro 1-2 went to fathers

Amount

143.6*

216.71

3.04

Balance

1.00

30

Wed Clear

i am to home a cutting wood

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