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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__March__ 1884

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 Cldy

i am a hauling lumber for my house

Ordway for Shoeing horse

0.61

Granmother Dies was Bured

2 Sun

North Snow

i am to home 1-2 went to the funrell

3 Mon

North

i called lumber 1-2 Wal hauled logs 1-2

W Waters 1/2 day teem

Paid 10.50

4 Tues

North

i huled lumber all day

Zube is to Calf

5 Wed

South Snow

i am to home 1-2 helped J. Ludlow 1-21-2

J. Ludlow 1/2 day

Paid .50

6 Thur

North

i am to work for J. Ludlow

J. Ludlow 1 day

1.00

7 Fri

North Storm

i am to for J. Ludlow

J. Ludlow 1 day

1.00

8 Sat

Took Said down home went to the vilage

Barbing C Mathers

.30 0.10

C Mathers for Grocery

Paid 0.50

Took Said down home

9 Sun

South

i and Charley was home all day it stormed

10 Mon

South

i am to home i hauled

11 Tues

South

i am to home i hauled lumber

12 Wed

South

i am to home it stormed 1-2

G. Maconell 1 hain

Paid 3.00

13 Thur

South

i am to work a taping my buch

Spot is to Calf

14 Fri

South

i am to home today a tinkering

15 Sat

North

i am to home today laid out Some hay

G. Maconell 2145 lb

G.Maconel for hay

Paid 7.60

16 Sun

North

i am to home Bill folks are here

{W. Roberts hardware

Paid .48

Bill & Viry were here

17 Mon

South

i went to wellsboro finished taping

C. Mathers 7 1/2 Butter 20 ct lb

C Mather for Goods

$1.50

{Herington for flour

Paid 3.20

18 Tues

South

i am a Boiling Sap today

19 Wed

South

it Rained today i went to wellsboro

W. Roberts for hardware

4.50

Beauty Had a Calf today

20 Thur

South

i am a Boiling Sap today

21 Fri

South

i am to home a boiling sap

White face is to calf

22 Sat

South Clear

i am to home a boiling sap

Star is to calf

23 Sun

South Rain

i am to home today it rained

A. Tomb for Shugar

Paid 1.10

Birts & Mary A. Tomb

24 Mon

South Cldy

i Geathered Sap And Boiled

25 Tues

South Clear

i helped Sam Mills thrash hay Seed 1-2

S. Mills 1/2 day labor

Paid 0.50

26 Wed

South Cldy

i and George Maconel sawed wood

G. Maconell 3/4 of day

Paid .75

27 Thur

North Cldy

i helped James Bauckus on his Building

Lil is to calf

28 Fri

North Clear

i went down to Broughtons for a pig

R. Broughton One pig

2.00

29 Sat

North Clear

i am a boiling sap a part of the day

{P lions on Account

30 Sun

North Cldy

i and Charley went to meeting

Horse Shoeing

0.80 0.80

31Mon

North

i and Charley went to the vilage

C Mathers 3 doz of Egs .60 to him

CC Mathers for Eggs

0.60

{CC Mathers for Goods

2.62

Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__April __ 1884

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

South Clear

i am to home a takeing the Banking away

G. Maconell 647 lbs of hay

G. Maconell for hay

Paid 2.27

2 Wed

South Cldy

i am to home today to work

A Tipple for 1 veal

7.80

3 Thur

North

i went over home a part of the day

4 Fri

North Cldy

i am to home today to work

lil had calf today last

5 Sat

North Cldy

i went down to Morgans to pile lumber

Riley and Ellis are here

6 Sun

North Cldy

i am to home all day Riley & Ellis are here

7 Mon

North Clear

i am a Boiling Sap today

G. Maconell 957lb of hay

G. Maconell for hay

G. Maconell 1 Calf

Paid 1.00

8 Tues

South Cldy

i am a Boiling Sap today

Georgia Bliss Bored money

####

H. Clark for lumber

31.84

9 Wed

North Cldy

i am to home a boiling Sap

10 Thur

North Cldy

i am to home a boiling Sap

{R Close For Goods

2.3

11 Fri

North Cldy

i tooka veal up to J. Ludlows

{J. Ludlow 1 veal 7 lb 924

J. Ludlow 1 Veal

9.24

{S. Morgan Saw bill

5.4

J. Ludlow 1 veal

Paid 9.24

Feched in Seven pails Surup even

12 Sat

North

i went to the city of Wellsboro

{C Mathers 86 of shugar

CC Mathers for Eggs

Robert W. 1.60

Windows Nails On Account

10.75 4.48

Andrew Tiple

13 Sun

North Clear

i am to home all day her folks are here

{CC Mathers On Account

6.64

Her folks was here today

14 Mon

South Clear

i and Charley are a boiling Sap

{Wagon Neck Herrington

2.75

15 Tues

South Rain

we Scolded our buckets today

{On Account J. Bliss

3.20

Sanlded and got the Buckets

16 Wed

South

i am to home it Rained all day

{Cyon for One veal 169

{W. Chapman for labor

5.50

{On Account W. Watters

1.60

17 Thur

North Cldy

i went to the city out wellsboro

{CC Mathers 86 of Shugar

{CC Mathers for Shugar

8.60

{On Account On the 12th

1.50

C Vann for 1 veal

Paid 7.60

CC Mathers for Goods

0.44

18 Fri

North Cldy

i am to home today fixing fence

{C Mathers Goods Drugs Spolden

9.20 1.25

G. Maconel Bored money

Paid 3.00

Willis Peake had his leg Cut off

19 Sat

East Cldy

i am to home today fixing fence

{Roberts for doors

4.70

D. Jones Bored money

Paid 5.00

20 Sun

East Cldy

i am to home today laying around

G.Gernsey

0.30

21 Mon

East Cldy

i am to home i finished my fence

W. Carson 10 bu Oats

W. Carson for __ of Oats

5.00

22 Tues

East Cldy

i am to home Sowed 3 bushels of Oats

E. Kimball for 1 box of Save

0.13

Pig at elder Kimball

23 Wed

North Clear

i went and got in 2 pgs Sowed Oats today

E. Kimball 2 Pigs 6.57

D. Jones for Bored money

5.00

L. Kimball 2 Pigs

6.50

24 Thur

North Cldy

i and George are to work at the house

G. Maconel Bored money

3.00

G. Maconel 1 day

Paid 1.00

25 Fri

North Clear

i am to home a hauling stones for home

26 Sat

North Clear

i and Charley Rowen layed the foundation my house

C. Rowlands 1 day labor

Paid 0.75

27 Sun

South Clear

my Self and famley went down to Broughtons

We went down to Broughtons

28 Mon

South Clear

i am to home a Sowing Oats

{C Ton 1 veal

7.60

{hand power {Lions Shoeing

2.00 0.40

I Finished sowing Oats 2 today

29 Tues

North Clear

i went to Wellsboro today

C Mathers 7 1/2 of Eggs 92

{CC Mathers for Eggs

1.20

CC Mathers for Goods

4.10

I Put Well to House

30 Wed

South Clear

i Got my Shingles and a load lumber

J. Ludlow Balance

0.26

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