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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__March __ 1883            
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 South Clear i went to Wellsboro all day very warm           At Wellsboro for Goods 4.48          
2 Fri   i got my buckets to the Bush at           At Blooss 0.75         Star is to Calf
3 Sat   Diane Dave went to Bloss to the race                       George Jennings and wife here
4 Sun   i am to home all day                        
5 Mon   i went down to her folkes & got a Birds                        
6 Tues   it Stormed all day Snowed           At Wellsboro for Goods 2.75         Zube and lade Calfs
7 Wed   i was to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro                        
8 Thur   i am to home A Splitting wood                        
9 Fri   i and George Cut shugar wood                        
10 Sat South Snow i helped Dave Jones kill a beef                        
11 Sun   we went down to her folkes                        
12 Mon   i was to home all day at work           CC Mathers one pair rubers 0.35     {_ Roberts for hardware Paid 1.05 my Self and famley her fathers to with a time for
13 Tues North Clear i went to the city of Wellsboro                   {CCMathers For Grocery Paid .90 Gigs
14 Wed South Clear i split wood 1-2 Scolded Buckets                       Pride Calf
15 Thur North Cldy i split wood i tapedmy shugar besh                        
16 Fri North Cldy i hauled Shugar wood all day                       i taped mu shugar buch
17Sat South Cldy i went out to Antrim after lindy Ant Lidy VanHorn Died               Spot Calf
18 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
19 Mon South Clear i Geathered ___ Sap and boiled                   W. Houser shoe mend Paid .25  
20 Tues North i went to the funerel of a Lidy                   {Mathers Paid lil Calf
21 Wed North i went to the city out of Wellsboro                   {D. Belcher Set Paid 1.85 1.40 Mass Bullard Died at Wellsboro
22 Thur North Clear i was to home 1-2 helped Dave saw wood                        
23 Fri North i am to home all day                       Father and lindy are here
24 Sat North i helped Dave Saw drawed wood 1-2                        
25 Sun North i am to home 1-2 took lindy home                       Took lindy home
26Mon North i am to home went over to hides           N. Hide One Shoe Set 0.13          
27 Tues North i cut down a tree Geathered Sap                   J. Elleott for Goods Paid 2.10  
28 Wed North i am a boiling sap all day                        
29 Thur North i am to home a part of the day J. Bliss one calf for $1.00     J. Bliss 1 Calf 1.00 C. Close and others 0.70         We Shugar off today
30 Fri North i am to home all day snowed all day                        
31 Sat East i went to Wellsboro today 1 Deacon skin 60 cts     from the Janery Deacon 0.60         C. Mathers Goods Groceryes 2.50  
          Amount 1.60   9.66       7.83.  
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__April __ 1883            
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 East Cldy my Selfwent down to her folkes                   A. Tombs Grocery Paid 1.15 My Sheep yearling lamb
2 Mon East Clear i am about the house 1-2 cutting wood                        
3 Tues East Cldy i am a splitting wood 1-2 i and Dave sawed wood 1-2                       lill Calf
4 Wed South i and Dave sawed 1-2 i Geathered Sap                       Done a Churning
5Thur South i am a boiling sap all day                        
6 Fri South i split wood 1-2 and tinkered                        
7 Sat North it rained i sorted potatoes & split wood                       Old Sheep
8 Sun North we all when up to George McConnell's                       will lamb
9 Mon North i am a boiling sap Got 85 lbs.       {J Wheeler butter 5.00 {Dean Brill P lions 2.00         Made 35 of Shugar today
10 Tues South i went to Wellsboro 1 pail of buttrt 4 doz of eggs 87     {C. Mathers eggs 1 Deacon .81 .50 {horse shod C. Mathers .80 .58          
11 Wed North i cut Shugar wood & tink                        
12 Thur North Rain my Self and famley went over to Genes                       ran over to Genes
13 Fri North Cldy i am to work round the house banking away                        
14 Sat South Clear i am to home a fixing fence           {C Close Pouter 0.35         i finished Shugaring
15 Sun South Clear i am to home today a part           {J. Elleott on acount 2.23          
16 Mon South Rain i am to home today tinkering                   D. Davis for linamnt sick________ 1.00  
17 Tues North i finished Shugaring and Geathered my Buckets                   {J. Wheeler Paid 3.25  
18 Wed North i Cleaned the seller and took Bills Oates home           CCMathers for Goods 1.61       Paid .55  
19 Thur South Making Garden 1-2 Sowed a bushle of oats                        
20 Fri North i am to home 1-2 helped George                        
21 Sat North i went to the city of Wellsboro                       Snowed
22 Sun North i went down to meeting Adams preached                        
23 Mon East i am hauling manure 1/4 of a day       {1 1/2 potatoes 1.12              
24 Tues North i am to home 1-2 helped George saw wood       {M Clock for veal 6.44 1 horse shoe 0.12         My Sow Pigs the 28th April
25 Wed North i am to home a hauling manure           Tom Bowen use of Boar 2.00          
26 Thur South i went to Antrim 1-2 drawed manure 1-2 1 veal 6.44 1 1/2potatoes 1.12                     Miss Shumway died at 3 o'clock
27 Fri South i am to home drawing manure           Freedman adesoity 0.20          
28 Sat West i am a hauling manure                        
29 Sun North i am to home 1-2 went to meeting1               Delmar   Ponnd   this settled
30 Mon East i am a sowing Oates today         13.87   9.59 Charleston   Charleston   his Book

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