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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__July __ 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 Sat Clear i and Charley went to wellsboro       JCKimbal on hay&labor 5.27         Mathers Robert& Naval Paid $2.75  
2 Sun Clear i and familey went over to fathers                       Went over to fathers
3 Mon Rain i went over to hides to get my Bugy fixed                        
4 Tues. Rain i am to home a doing nothing                        
5 Wed Rain i am to home it rained ll day                       it rained all day
6 Thur Clear i went to the round top1-2 i cut a little grass 1/2                        
7 Fri Clear i went over to DAEvenes Blacksmith           G. Gurnsey horse shoeing 0.80         tok Sade down to her folkes
8 Sat Clear i am to home a cultivating corn           J. ElliottGoods D.AEvansBlacksmith .20 .50     D.Belcher Rake teeth Paid .80  
9 Sun i went down to Broughtons                       Went down after Said
10 Mon Clear i went down to Broughtons got a hog                        
11 Tues Clear i am to home a howing corn                       Lloyd got hurt in the woods
12 Wed Clear i am to home a cultivating corn           C.Close1Bottle of liniment 0.25          
13 Thur Clear i am to home a howing corn       W.Carson horse trade 25.00             i traded horses
14 Fri Clear i am to home a howing potatoes           C. Close yeast Cake 0.20          
15 Sat Clear i am to home a plowing potatoes           Lloyd Bliss bored money 0.10         Nell was put to horse today
16 Sun Clear i am to home a laying around           {Mathers for goods E Briden 3.62 .30          
17 Mon Rain Cldy i am to home. Howed my potatoes           {G. Navel Spolding $6.55 .50         i was to home most all day
18 Tues Rain i went to wellsboro and stayed all day       CC Mathers ____ 1.62 C.Dawson J. C. Wheeler .50 $5.26     C.Mathers for goods Paid $2.45 i was down to Wellsboro all day
19 Wed Cldy i am a round home today                        
20 Thur Clear i commenced my haying to day                       i Commenced my haying
21 Fri Cldy i and Dave & his father are haying                       i got in 6 loads
22 Sat Clear i am to home to day a haying                        
23 Sun Clear i ma to home a laying around                        
24 Mon Clear i am to home i and the Joneses are a haying                        
25 Tues Clear i am to home i and the Joneses are a haying                        
26 Wed Clear i and the Jonses finished my haying tdoay                       i finished my haying
27 Thur Clear i went to Jones to work 3 quarters of aday                       Commenced work to Jones
28 Fri Clear i am to work for Mr. Jones in the wheat                        
29 Sat Clear i am to work for W R Jones                       We are to work at Jones's wheat
30 Sun Clear I am to home today Bert & All are here   Alis Tomb 80 ct for Berg                   Birt & Allis was here
31 Mon Clear i worked for Jones       Allis Tomb on account 0.80 Allis Tomb            
            Amount 7.94   18.78          
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__August __ 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 Tues SE Cldy i am a helping Jones haying                       i worked for Jones today
2 Wed South Cldy i went over home it Rained all day   1 Box of beer of a Bloss Burg man       Doc haris for Beer 1.30         cloudy and rainy weather
3 Thur SE Cldy i am to home today laying around 1 horse to Tom one horse of J. Evans $1.80 to Bliss $1.60 Tom Evans for one horse Bert $1. 80 J. Bliss for Nell 100.00     J. Bliss balanceon horse Paid $60 Deal main horses today
4 Fri SE Cldy i am to work for W.R.Jones                   T. Evans for flour Paid $2.00  
5 Sat South Cldy i am to work for WR Jones                       Haying for W.R.Jones
6 Sun South Clear i am to home all day very hot                       Georges Jennings and wife here are
7 Mon South Clear i am to work for Jones           {C. Close Groceryes 0.31          
8 Tues South Rainy i went over home and got my horse           {To J. Bliss balance on horse 60.00          
9 Wed South i worked for W.R. Jones                        
10 Thur South Clear i worked for Jones a half-day           {Kelly goods 0.60          
11 Fri South Clear i worked for W.R. Jones           {Belcher's account C C.Mathers 0.80          
12 Sat South Clear i worked for W.R. Jones C. Mathers Eggs butter chees $7.63   Graves 7.63 {on account G. Navil account 9.81 1.75         Went to the city of Wellsboro
13 Sun South Clear i am to home all day long                       father and mother was here
14 Mon South Clear i went over to help George McConnell           T. Evans on account flour 2.00          
15 Tues South Clear i am to home to work at my Oats                       i Commenced Cutting Oats
16 Wed South Clear i am to home cutting Oats                        
17 Thur North Clear i am to work a cutting oats                        
18 Fri North Clear i am to home a cutting oats                        
19 Sat North Clear i am a cutting oats i finished           G. Gurnsey horse shoeing 0.60         i finished cutting oats
20 Sun North Clear went down to Said folkes                       We went down to Broughtons
21 Mon North Clear i went a berrying 1-2 helped Jake 1-2               J. Kimball 1-2 labor Paid .50      
22 Tues South Cldy i am to home a part of the day           C. Close Groc. Harris Beer .75 1.30          
23 Wed South Cldy i am to home 1-2 i was to Millses                        
24 Thur South Clear i am to work for Sam Mills               S. Mills 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
25 Fri South clear i went down to Broughton's                       Myself and family to Broughtons
26 Sat South i went out berrying 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2           J.C. Wheeler 1.90     C. Mathers Goods Grocery Paid $6.27  
27 Sun South Rainy i am to home their rained all day                       it Rained all day
28 Mon East Clear i helped Jake 2 hours and went a berrying               J. C. Kimball 2 hours Paid .25     i am a black berrying
29 Tues North Clear i am to work at my oatsall day got some in                       i am a hauling oats
30 Wed South Clear i am to home i finished my oats                        
31 Thur South Cloudy i went over to Eugene Clauses                       myself and i went over to Genes
            Amount ####   121.12          

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