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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__May __ 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 Thur South Clear i am a hauling lumber from morgans                        
2 Fri South Clear i am to home i Commenced my house                   C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 .50 Forest fires all over
3 Sat North Clear i am to home to work on my house                   C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 1.50  
4 Sun South Cldy i am to home today it rained                       I am to home today it rained
5 Mon South Cldy my Self and the men are to work on the house       One veal worth 7.00     J. Evens 1 _ of veal 1.44 C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 0.50  
6 Tues South Rain i am to home to work on the house           {C. Mathers Belcher 2.00 1.25     C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 0.50  
7 Wed South Rain i am to work on my house Duriff 1 veal Skin 102     Butter 1 veal skin 13.00 1.08 {W. Roberts for hardware 6.62     C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 0.50 Charley Maconellwife died
8 Thur South Cldy Charley and John are a making Cacons           H Peake for lumber 1.50     C. Rowlens J. Evens 0.75 0.50 lade went to Bull today
9 Fri Rain i and John and Charley are to work on the house           {C. Rowlens for labor 5.00   6 Rowlens J. Evens 1 a labor 1.50 0.75  
10 Sat North Cldy we are to work on the house           {J. Evens for labor 5.00     C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 1.50  
11 Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting           {H. Clark lumber L. Kimball pig 1.00 0.50         I and Charley went to meeting
12 Mon South Clear i and John are to work on the house           R. Vanhorn Borden 2.80     J. Evens 1 day 1.50 Jake & I ___ turned Coles
13 Tues South Cldy i and John are to work on the house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
14 Wed North Clear i and Mr. Evens are to work at the house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
15 Thur North Cldy i and Evens are to work at the house           E. Briden Book & 0.70     J. Evens J. Evens 1.50 1.50  
16 Fri North Rain i and Evens are to work on the house                   J. Evens G. Maconell 1.50 0.50  
17 Sat North Clear i and George and Evens are to work on the house                   J. Evens G. Maconell 0.50 1.00  
18 Sun South Clear my Self and famley wient down to Broughton       H. Harris for butter 11.64 M. Maconel for Shingles 2.00 H. Clark 40 lb veal Paid 3.20     we went down to Broughtons
19 Mon South Cldy we are to work at the house       Duriff 1 veal skin 1.20 R. Vanhorn plaining 1.50 J. Evens veal to ___ Paid 1.48 J. Evens C. Rowlen 1.50 0.75  
20 Tues South Cldy i went to Wellsboro with some florring H. Clark 40 of veal                 J. Evens C. Rowlens 1.50 0.75  
21 Wed South Clear i and Charley and John are to work on the house                   J. Evens C. Rowlens 1.50 0.75  
22 Thur South Clear i am a planting my corn to day           H. Clark {J. Evens 5.64 2.50     J. Evens C. Rowlens 1/2 day .75 .75  
23 Fri South Clear i am to work today to work on the house       G. Bliss Bored money 75.00 {C. Rowlens paid in full 13.25     C. Rowlens J. Evens .75 .75  
24 Sat South Clear i am to home to work on the house     G. Bliss Bored money to pay in eight ___     {for horse C. Mathers 4.00     J. Evens C. Rowlens .75 .75  
25 Sun South Clear i am to home today went to meeting       C. Mathers for butter 8.40 on account 4.00          
26 Mon South Rain i worked on the house 1-2 when to Wellsboro                   1 day J. Evens 1.50  
27 Tues East Rain it Rained all day John to work at the house           {M. Maconell 2.50     1 day J. Evens 1.50  
28 Wed North Clear i and John are at work on the house           {S. Morgan C. Close tea 1.00 0.50     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
29 Thur North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2           C. Mathers l Harison 3.56 2.81     J. Evens 1 day 1.50 lil went to Bull today
30 Fri North Clear i am to home to work on the house           H. Clark lath J. Evens labor 3.50 15.00     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
31 Sat South Clear i am to home to work on the house           J. Bowen Siding w watters sand 0.6 3.50     J. Evens 1 day 1.50 Zube went to Bull
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June __ 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 Sun South Clear We are two home to day Jake & Beckey are here                       Jake and wife was here
2 Mon South Clear i went down to lents for Sand           Belcher house Shoeing & dinner 1.05 1.00 WR Jones 10 lb nails Paid .35      
3 Tues South Clear i went to Wellsboro to get Some plaining don           Plaining and Nails 2.60     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
4 Wed South Clear i went to Wellsboro 1-2 i am to home 1-2           {l. Harison Roberts 4.80 3.45     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
5 Thur South Clear i am to home to work on the house           {C Mathers ___ good 0.50 3.00     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
6 Fri South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage           {Belcher nails harison .65 4.85     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
7 Sat South Clear i and John are a Siding the house           J. Evens for labor 11.00     J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
8 Sun South Clear i am to hom all day                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50 this makes 29 1/2 days
9 Mon South Clear i and John are to work on the house                        
10 Tues South Cldy i am t to home to work on the house                   G. Maconel J. Evens 0.50 1.50  
11 Wed South Rain i worked on the House 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2           C Bathers for house .85 6.08     J. Evens 1 day 1.50 Spot went to Bull
12 Thur South Clear i am to home today to work on the house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
13 Fri South Clear i am to work on the road                   G. Maconell J. Evens .0.50 1.50  
14 Sat South Clear i worked on the road 1-2 painted 1-2           {C Mathers for goods       J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
15 Sun South Clear i am to home today have Company           {N. Roberts hardware $4.70         Broughon & wife are here
16 Mon South Clear i went to the vilage 1-2 lathed a half-day           {Harison for Brick $3.00     J. Evens for labor 1.50  
17 Tues South Cldy i am to home to work on my house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
18 Wed South i and John are to work on the house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
19 Thur South Clear i and John are to work on the house                   J. Evens J. Evens 1.50 Lil went to Bull
20 Fri South Clear i and John are to work on the house           C. Rowlens 1 1/2 day $1.25     1 day J. Evens 1.50  
21 Sat South Clear i and John are to work on the chimbley                   1 day 1.50  
22 Sun South Clear mySelf and famley are to home today                        
23 Mon North Clear i am to home today to work on the house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
24 Tues South Rain i and John finished Our Chimbley                   J. Evens J. Evens 1.50 1.50  
25 Wed South Rain Eugene and Mary was here today                        
26 Thur North Clear i am to hometo work on the house                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
27 Fri South Clear i am to home to work on the house                   J. Evens J. Evens 1.50  
28 Sat South i am to work on the house           J. Evens for labor 5.00     1 day 1.50  
29 Sun South Clear mySelf and famley went down to Birts           J. Evens 4 lb of chees 0.52         We went down to Birts
30 Mon South Clear i am to home Sowing buckwheat                   J. Evens 1 day Paid 1.50  
                             

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By Joyce M. Tice