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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__May __ 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 Mon Cldy i am in the house 1-2 i hauled stone 1-2           CC Mathers on acount 3.37          
2 Tues i am to home 1-2 i went to the vilage C Mathers 5 doz of Eggs80     C Mathers Eggs J Wheeler for Butter .80 13.00 for Goods and feed 4.91         Very Cold indeed
3 Wed Cldy i picked stone 1-2 i plant potatoes 1-2                       went to the city of wellsboro
4 Thur Cldy i hauled wood 1-2 i planted potatoes 1-2                       i planted potatoes
5 Fri Clear i and Sade went down to Broughtons           H Moorseman 1 doberty 0.50     Close for Goods paid .32 went down to her fokes
6 Sat Snow i helped Jake plant potatoes 2/__               J Kimball three qarters due paid .75      
7 Sun Clear i am to home 1-2           N Hide On Old Acont 0.60          
8 Mon Clear i am to home a running around 1 Calf to W R. Jones 5.00     WR Jones One Calf 5.00 W Jones for wagon & Oats 2.10         George Maconel Mare broke her leg
9 Tues Cldy i am in the house i helped Jones 1-2 1 veal to Clock 5.01     M Klock for one veal 5.01     G Jenngs for hay paid 2.50     i helped Jones haul stone 1/2 day
10 Wed Rain i helped W.R. Jones haul stones a half day G Jennings 600 of hay         {housel boots JC Wheeler 1.00          
11 Thur Rain i am to home today a fixing fence           {for feed Charley Book 3.69 .25          
12 Fri Rain i am to home a cleaning the seller           {Belcher for hardware 1.42         went to the village of wellsboro
13 Sat Rainy i went to the village of wellsboro One calf to W R Jones 6.00                 30 days To be paid   At home all day it rained
14 Sun Rainy i am to home today a reading               J C. Kimball for hay Paid 5.00 G Dorson for pig Paid 5.00  
15 Mon Clear i went down to Dorson am to home 1-2 JC Kimball 1/2 ton of hay 1 pig of G. Dorson for 5.00                   Planted potatoes for WR Jones
16 Tues Clear i picked Stone 1/2 worked for Jones               Labor JC Kimball Paid .75     fixed fence for JC Kimball
17 Wed Clear i am to work for JCKimball                        
18 Thur Clear i picked stones 1-2 i draged Corn ground       M Klock for one veal 5.95 W Dart for Medison .90 1.     W Dart for medison Paid .75 i planted a bushle pottatoes
19 Fri Clear i went to Antrim1-2 marked Corn ground 1-2 1 calf to Klock 5.95     JC Wheeler for butter 10.76 {CC Mathers goods JC Wheeler flour .72 2.00     CC Mathers Goods J Wheeler flour 1.11 2.00 Book store for wall paper 90 ct
20 Sat Clear i am to home corn planting 1-2 iwent to the village 1-2 eggs sold today 72 ct         {E Johnston on note 20.40          
21 Sun Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
22 Mon Cldy i am to home a 1-2 planted corn for Jake                   to Loyd Bliss Bored money Paid 10.00  
23 Tues Cldy i am to home all day fixing fence       J Ludlow 1 rooster 0.50              
24 Wed Clear i went over to the mill picked stone 1-2 J Ludlow 1 rooster 50                      
25 Thur Rain i am a making fence i and Jake           J Evens fitting saw 0.25          
26 Fri Clear i and George Maconel are a splitting rails for J. Ludlow           C Close for medison 1.65          
27 Sat Cldy i done my churning and planted corn for Jones                       it has been a rainy day
28 Sun Rain i am to home today laying around                        
29 Mon Clear i and George are a splitting rails Ludlow           {little matters G Navel on Acount .25 3.00     {Cmathers for goods Paid 2.00  
30 Tues Clear i am to home to work to home           Mgray Brakes 6.00     {G Naval 1 strap Paid .50 was to Wellboro all day
31 Wed Clear i went to Wellsboro all day         41.02   36.11          
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June __ 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 Thur Cldy i went to the round top and over home           G Gernsey horseshoeing 0.60          
2 Fri Clear i am to home today fitting potatoes ground                        
3 Sat Cldy i went over to Stewards 1-2 planted potatoes 1-2                   Sured use of bull 2.00 Star went to BullHole
4 Sun Cldy i and family went down to her folkes                       We went down to broughton
5 Mon Clear i am to home went to the roundtop 2 hundred of hay 1.00             J Kimball Paid for hay 1.00     Jones put flory
6 Tues Clear i am to home a paintin i planted my corn over                        
7 Wed Clear i am to home i finished planting potatoes                       Zube & lade went to Bull
8 Thur Clear i planted corn for Dave 1-2 i am to home this                       Spot went to Bull today
9 Fri Clear i am to home a 1-2 went to the vilage       JC Wheeler for Buter 30.77 on acount on grocery 15.05          
10 Sat Clear i am to home i planted my corn W.R. Jones calf $6.00     WRJones One Calf 6.00             i planted my corn
11 Sun Clear i am to home all day Bill was here           Paper Sarah Jones .25 2.00         Bill and Viry was here
12 Mon Clear i am to home 1-2 i plowed for buckwheat 1-2               W. Jones paper Paid .25     i plowed buckwheat on George ground
13 Tues Clear i am to Georges a plowing buckweat                       above hide to Bull
14 Wed Clear i am to G Maconell a plowing for buckwheat           Close Grocery G Doson on acct 10.00 5.00          
15 Thur Cldy i am up to G Maconell a plowing for buckwheat                   C Close for oil Paid .09 Plowing for buckwheat
16 Fri Rain i am to work on the road           C Close for Oil 0.08         Spot went to bull
17 Sat Rain i am to work on the road                       Working on the road
18 Sun Cldy i am to home went to meeting 1-2                        
19 Mon Rain i am to home 1-2 worked on the road 1-2                       Worked on the road
20 Tues Clear i went to Antrim i and wife                       Lill went to bull
21 Wed Clear i am to home today a cultivating                        
22 Thur Clear i and wife went to wellsboro 1-2 23 1/2 of butter a 1-20 ct 2 doz of eggs 40     Butter & Egs long & Bu 5.10 Goods & Grocerys 8.33     CC Mathers Paid for Goods Paid 3.87 my Self and wife went to Wellsboro
23 Fri Clear i am to home a cultivating corn                        
24 Sat Clear i am to work for Sam mills               S Mills for labor Paid 1.00     i worked for Sam mills
25 Sun Clear i and my family went over to bills                       We was over to Bills
26 Mon Clear i and George hauled manure 1-2 i sowed buckwheat 1-2                   J Bliss for buckwheat Paid 1.00  
27 Tues Clear i finished sowing buckwheat 1-2 i plowed potatoes 1-2                       Sowed my buckwheat
28 Wed Clear i am to home today to work howing                        
29 Thur Clear i am to home a cultivating corn                        
30 Fri Cldy i finished my corn it rained a half day                       Gritean was hung today
31             41.87   31.41          

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