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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__September__ 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 Sat South Clear i am to home to all day tinkering                        
2 Sun South Cldy i am to home today her folks                       Said folks are here
3 Mon North Clear i am to home today i finished harvisting                       Fird fields was Maried
4 Tues South Clear My Self and famley went to Bach hill                       We went out to George Englishs
5 Wed North Clear i am to home 1-2 went over to fathers                        
6 Thur North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the Mil and over home               {A. Tomb Pair of Birds Paid 1.50     We went over to Eugene Clauses
7 Fri South Cldy i am to home 1-2 helped hiel Peake1/2 day               {Pa Peake for labor Peak 12 day .75      
8 Sat South Cldy i helped George 1-2 it rained 1-2                        
9 Sun North Clear We went over to Bills all day                        
10 Mon North i went over to Sam Miller 3/4 of day                        
11 Tues South Clear i am to home a part of the day                       Took Said down home
12 Wed South Clear i helped Jones Cut Buckwheat Cut Corn 1-2 Self                        
13 Thur South Clear i am to home to day tinkering                        
14 Fri South Clear i am to home a part of the day           Aitienls 0.60 J. Morgans 1 day labor Paid 1.50 C. Mathers` Paid  
15 Sat South Clear i am to home a diging potatoes           J.Bruster 1 halter 1.00 J. Morgan 1 day labor 1.50 for Goods 7.79  
16 Sun South Clear i am to home a part of the day       T. Peake on acount 4.00 J. Bliss for Plumo 1.00     C. Mathers for Goods Paid 1. 05  
17 Mon North Cldy i am to work for the town to day                        
18 Tues North Clear i am to work for the town to day           at the fair in money 0.50     C. Mathers for Goods Paid .60 Said went to the fair
19 Wed North Clear i went to the city of Wellsboro           at the fair 1. 00         i was to the fair at Wellsboro
20 Thur North Clear i helped Jones 1/2 Sawed wood 1-2                        
21 Fri North Clear Said went to the fair       J. Kimball for labor 0.50              
22 Sat North Clear i went to the fair at Wellsboro                        
23 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting               J. Kimball for labor Paid .50      
24 Mon South Rain i am to home 1-2 i helped Jake 1-2                        
25 Tues South Rain i am to home all day at work               J. Bliss 1/2 labor Paid .50     Mansfield fair last day
26 Wed North Clear i am to home 1-2 helped Jake Cut Corn                        
27 Thur South Clear i am to home to day diging potatoes                       Said folks was here
28 Fri South Cldy i went over to fathers 1/2 labor       Whole Amount                
29 Sat South Clear i went to moris run with Charley         4.50   4.10          
30 Sun South Rain i was to home all day                        
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__October __ 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 Mon   i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage                   {C. Mathers Paid 6.03  
2 Tues North Rain rained 1-2 drawed wood 1-2                   {Roberts Paid .95  
3 Wed North Clear i am to home C1076 i drawed my Corn                   { Lyons Shoeing $0.40  
4 Thur North Clear i took Birt home 1-2 helped Jake dig potatoes 1-2                       Nell took the horse today
5 Fri North Clear i helped Jake 1-2 worked to home               J. Kimball 1/2 labor Paid . 5 0   Paid  
6 Sat South Cldy i went to Wellsboro tinkered 1-2                   {EA Fish {Lyons Shoeing .50 .30  
7 Sun South Cldy i am to home to day a reading                   {C. Mathers for Goods Paid 9.23 Jake & father mares horsed
8 Mon South Clear i am to home a diging potatoes                        
9 Tues South Clear i am to home i finished picking apples           {J. Wheeler for flour 1.85          
10 Wed South Clear i and Said went to town 1-2       J. Wheeler for butter 15.08 {E hastens for grocery 0.45         i and Said was to Wellsboro
11 Thur South Cldy i am to home today           {D Ellymaking Cader 0.50          
12 Fri South Clear i am to home 1-2 worked for Mills               S Mills for labor Paid .50      
13 Sat South Cldy i am to work for Sam Mills               S Mills for 1 day labor Paid 1.00      
14 Sun North Clear myself and famley went to Broughtons                       Went down to her folks
15 Mon North Cldy i am to home a tinkering           R. Close Grocereys 1.27          
16 Tues North Clear i am a husking corn today                        
17 Wed South Clear i am a husking corn today                        
18 Thur South Clear i helped Jones three qarters of day               W. Jones 3/4 day Paid .75      
19 Fri South Cldy i help George ___ thrash           F. Fields for thrashing 4.00         i had 113 bushles Oats
20 Sat North Clear i helped Jones thrash           F Lions horseshoeing .30 .80          
21 Sun North Clear i am to home all day                       Bills folks & Charley was here
22 Mon South i am to hold all day a tinkering           {Wheeler flour 1.75          
23 Tues South i wr Jones Sawed wooda part of a day           {Denows holl for Goods .40 .54          
24 Wed North Cldy i went to Wellsboro 1-2 got ready for plowing       Wheeler for butter 13.14 {CC Mathers on acount 10.00          
25 Thur South Cldy i am home a plowing                       i comenced a plowing
26 Fri South Cldy i am to home a plowing                        
27 Sat South Cldy i am a plowing with Rit and Nell                        
28 Sun South Cldy i am to home about all day           EA Fish on acount 0.50         Suit of McConnell & Mickle
29 Mon South Rain i am to home 1-2 i went to the village 1-2           F Lions Shoeing 1.10     C Mathers for Goods Paid 2.40  
30 Tues West Clear i am to home a plowing                        
31 Wed North Clear i am a plowing Rit and Nel                        
            Whole Amount 28.22   23.46          

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