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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__November __ 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

i hauled wood 1-2 and husked corn 1-2

L.Carpenter for milk

7.11

2 Thur

North

i helped Wall Waters thrash three quarters of a day

C.Close for grocery

0.25

W. Waters for labor

Paid .75

3 Fri

North

i helped W. K. Jones thrash

W. Dart for Medison

2.75

4 Sat

North

i helped W. K. Jones thrash a half day

5 Sun

North

high and famley went to Broughton's

we went down to Broughton's

6 Mon

North

Dave & __relds thrashed for me

{L. Carpenter for Milk

4.11

Fields Boys thrashed

3.50

i done my thrashing

7 Tues

South Cldy

i went to lections and Wellsboro

{J. C. Wheeler For Butter

31.92

CCMathers G Derby Boots

20.00 4.00

i went to lection today

8 Wed

South Clear

i am to home today husking corn

the Old Sheep Bucked

9 Thur

South Cldy

i am to home today husking

C. Close Grocery

0.18

10 Fri

South Clear

i am to home today a husking corn*

J Eliott for Goods

3.45

11 Sat

South Cldy

whati am to home today a husking corn

J. E. Kimball Bore Money

J. Kimball Bored Money

Paid 5.00

12 Sun

South Clear

i am to home & a doing nothing

13 Mon

it rained all day i husked corn

14 Tues

i am a plowing today

15 Wed

i am a plowing all day

16 Thur

i plowed a half-day went to the viladge

W Bliss plow point

0.60

C Mathers for Goods

Paid 3.67

17 Fri

it snowed all day i plowed a half-day

18 Sat

i took bill horse home and cut wood

19 Sun

South Clear

i am to home all day that teacher is here

George Bliss was hear

20 Mon

North Clear

i and Marve sawed wood all day

21 Tues

North Clear

i am to home a banking the house

C Mathers 1 per boots

Paid 2.00

22 Wed

North Clear

i helped Marve 1-2 and split wood

23 Thur

South Clear

i went to Antrim today a pedling

at Antrim potatoes & apples

at Antrim for prodse

4.50

i was up to Antrim today

24 Fri

North Clear

i am to home hi Morsman

H. Morsman for carpenter work

1.00

25 Sat

North Clear

i went to Wellsboro a part of the day

C Mathers & Others prodse

4.60

Went to the City of Wellsboro

26 Sun

North Clear

i am to home all day it snowed

27 Mon

North

i am to home today tinkering

28 Tues

North

i am to home today a buchering

Killed my Hog today

29 Wed

North

i killed chicking & took them to Antrim

M. Clock Chickinbgs 4.41

M. Clock for Chickings

4.40

C. Close for Groceryes

0.55

30 Thur

North

i am up to Merve McConnell sawing

Farm Jurnel Fitting saw

.25 .25

Amount

44.93

Amount

40.88

Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__December __ 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 Fri

South Cldy

Marve McConnell & i sawed wood today

you can

20Sat

South Storm

i sawed wood today for Marve 1-2 and tinkered 1-2

C. Dorson Fills C. Close Grocery

.50 .11

it is a snowing this evening

3 Sun

South Clear

i am to home 1-2 I C725went to meeting

4 Mon

South

to home a half a day got my horse Spot

G. Gernsey horse Shoeing

0.60

5 Tues

South Clear

i am to home all day a tinkering

6 Wed

North Cldy

i helped Jones buchering tinkered 1-2

7 Thur

North Cldy

i went to Antrim and tinkered 1-2

A. Miles 1.80 Butter 8 lb 2.40

{the 13

Apples Antrim Butter Antrim

1.80 2.40

Agitator

0.75

Very Cold weather & snow

8 Fri

North Cldy

i am a hauling wood 1-2 i cut out a couple of trees

Evans is 1 barl of

JC Wheeler butter

15.01

Gazette Burncroft

2.25 2.00

it is very Cold to day

9 Sat

North Cldy

i went to Wellsboro today & Mill

10 Sun

North Cldy

i and famley went over to _____

We went up to Robs

11 Mon

North Cldy

eye and David Jones went after pine

{G. Bliss for bored money

10.00

12 Tues

South Cldy

high and Dave Jones went after pine

{G. Gernsey C. Close

.10 .20

13 Wed

North Cldy

i went to Arnot a pedling Apples

Butter Arnet Apples at Arnet

1.80 2.70

{At Arnet for Whiskey

0.55

Paid to G. McConnell

2.00

i was overTo Arnet

14 Thur

North Cldy

i went over to Arnett today

15 Fri

North Cldy

I split wood 1-2 went to the round top

G. Gernsey Housel

.15 .20

16 Sat

North Snow

split wood 1-2 helps Jake 1-2

J. Kimball for labor

Paid .37

Cold and very Stormey

17 Sun

North Cldy

i am to home all day had company

Tip Williams and wife was here

18 Mon

North Clear

i am to home today splitting wood

H.McConnell for props

9.78

J. Elleott For Goods

1.00

19 Tues

North Clear

i went to Antrim 1-2 and cut wood 12

At Antrim for butter Apples

4.30

N. hide Smith

0.20

20 Wed

South Cldy

i and Dave Jones are a sawing wood

Dave Jones & i sawed wood

21 Thur

South Rain

i went over home today C729 it rained

J. Bliss

Paid

22 Fri

South Rain

i and Bill cut logs for father

Anderson

C. Mathers

for labor

0.75

23 Sat

North Cldy

i went to wellsboro all day

for Chees

93.15

And Others Goods

9.57

24 Sun

North

i am to home today her folks are here

Saids folks was here

25 Mon

North Clear

i am to home today day splitting wood

26 Tues

North Cldy

i am to home today a hauling wood

27 Wed

North Cldy

i was up to Antrim today a pedling

Agent a grape

At Antrimfor produce

4.70

28 Thur

North Cldy

i am to home i and wal Witters sawed wood 1-2

May Hosten for labor

1.50

29 Fri

North Cldy

i am to work for the Chapmens

30 Sat

North Cldy

i am to work for the Chapman boys

J. Chapmen

2.00

31 Sun

North Cldy

i went over to Bills and went to meeting

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