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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. 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__January ___ 1882            
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 Sun Nor Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to round top meeting 1-2                        
2 Mon Nor Cldy i helped Jones bucher 1-2 hauled props 1-2                       Preacher is here boarding
3 Tues Cldy i am to home a hauling props                        
4 Wed Clear i am a hauling props _____           (1 box Smon and oth 1 slick brade .18 .12          
5 Thur Clear i went to __________ ___________           (1qart ____ ( 1 _ach .10 .25          
6 Fri Storm i and Jake sawed wood 1 day           (the tribune 1 book 1.10          
7 Sat zClear i split wood 1-2 and hauled wood           J Evans fitting saw 0.25          
8 Sun Rain i am to home all day                       Bill and Viry was here
9 Mon Clear i run around 1-2 and cut wood 1-2                        
10 Tues Cldy i hauled wood most of the day           C Close for Shugar 0.27          
11 Wed Snow i am to home 1-2 i and George cut props                        
12 Thur Clear i and George are a cutting props                        
13 Fri Snow i am at home all day Storm           C Dorson fixing fills 0.50     C Close grocery 0.65  
14 Sat Storm iand George Maconel are a cutting props                        
15 Sun Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
16 Mon Cldy i and George are a cutting props for ludlow                        
17 Tues Cldy i and George Maconell are a cutting props           (Dol Baby(B_nstor harness repair .25 .25 Starkweather Ruster 0.57 C Close Grocery 0.65 i was up to Antrim
18 Wed Cldy i went to Wellsboro 1-2 went to Antrim                   (May 11th Chet Johnson 1 pair sleds 20.00  
19 Thur Clear i and George cut props for ludlow                   (G Derby N hide top boots .50 1.00 took Said down home
20 Fri Storm i took said down home and went to town   1 pair of bobsled 1.2 dew 1 of                  
21 Sat Storm i am to home 1-2 went to wellsboro                       Went down to Broughton
22 Sun N Cldy i am to home 1-2 went down to broughton                        
23 Mon N Clear i and George are a cutting props                        
24 Tues South Cldy i and George cut logs for ludlow               S Ludlow 1 day labor 1.00      
25 Wed S Cldy i and George cut logs for S. ludlow                       i was out to Antrim today
26 Thur South Rain i went to Antrim and back to home                       Cutting props Ludlow
27 Fri North Clear i and George are a cutting props                        
28 Sat South Snow i was to home all day hauled sugar wood 1-2                       Latmer Sermon Phillippians 19
29 Sun N Clear i was to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
30 Mon South Clear i and George skiding props                        
31 Tues E Snow i and George cut prop 1-2 snowing all day             3.77   1.50 Amount 22.80  
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__February ___ 1882            
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 Wed .South Clear i and George are to work at props                        
2 Thur North Clear i and George are to work at props                        
3 Fri North Clear i and George are to work at props                        
4 Sat Snow i cut props 1/2 Got my saw fitted                   J Evans filing saw 0.25  
5 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day doing nothing                        
6 Mon North Cldy i was to home 1/2 Went to wellsboro 1/2                   Groceryes O. Bullard 2.79 Took 15 bhel of corn to mill
7 South Cldy i am to home today to work part of the day                        
8 Wed South Clear i and George Cut props today                   (Doctor Webb 8.00  
9 Thur North Cldy i was to home 1-2 Got my horse shod                   (i hide horse shod 0.90 Lindy is here Baby Born (Lewis)
10 Fri North Cldy i went to wellsboro 1-2 at home the ___day                   (CC Mathers Goods 4.10 Sarah Jones Comenced work
11 Sat North Clear i am to home a hauling shugar wood                        
12 Sun South Cldy i am to home this morning took lindy home 1-2                        
13 Sun South Cldy i am to home all day tinkering                        
14 Tues Clear i and George cut props                        
15 Wed Clear i and Jake sawed wood                        
16 Thur Cldy i split wood 1-2 went to the round top                   C Close Grocery 0.42  
17 Fri i and Jake sawed wood all day                        
18 Sat i went to the cor__cos to vote           (this on Old Acount            
19 Sun i am to home all day doing nothing           (D Belcher for hardware 0.50          
20 Mon i am to home Eugene and Mary           (EE Mathers for Goods 4.26         Eugene and mary was here
21 Tues Cldy it is a raining went to the wellsboro       J Ledlow for labor 20.00 (Obullard for Grocery 2.77         Dave and ide mared
22 Wed Cldy i am to home Cut shugar wood           N Hide on acount 1.40          
23 Thur Cldy i cut wood Shugar went to the round top           C Close on acount 1.78          
24 Fri Cldy i and George Maconnel Sawed wood today           {Sarah Jones Horton for labor 3.25 1.00     (CCMathers for Goods 3.00  
25 Sat Clear i split wood 1-2 i went to the viladge       George Bliss Bored money 8.00 {Dry Goods Doctor Webb 1.50 8.00     {Georg Bliss Bored money ____ 10.00 Went to the City of Wellsboro
26 Sun Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
27 Mon Clear i got my buckets out and soleded them                        
28 Tuesday Clear i taped my bush and cut wood                       i taped my buch
29 Cldy i am to home today drawed wood                        
30 Clear i Cut wood 1-2 taped my buch over                        
31 Clear i am to home all day                        
              28.00   24.46       10.00  

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