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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__July __ 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 i finished Sowing Buckwheat                   J. Evens 1 day 1.50  
2 Wed South Clear i am to home today                   J. Evens 1/2 day 0.75  
3 Thur South Clear i went to Wellsboro a half-day       L.Harrison for butter 10.24 C Mathers       C Mathers for goods Paid 5.85  
4 Fri South Cldy i plowed my Corn and howed it                       Blackey went to Bull
5 Sat South Rain i howed potatoes 1-2 worked To the School house                        
6 Sun North Clear i and Charley went over to fathers                        
7 Mon North Clear i finis plowing potatoes                   C Mathers For Goods Paid 0.60  
8 Tues North Clear i finished howing           J. Evens for chees 0.65     J. Evens for labor Paid 16.00  
9 Wed North Clear i Commenced a haying                       I Commenced a haying
10 Thur North Clear i am a mowing and tinkering                        
11 Fri North Clear i am a mowing today                        
12 Sat South Rain i went to Wellsboro a half a day           Vnger for hats 1.25     C Mathers for Goods Paid 6.20  
13 Sun North Cldy i am to home today                        
14 Mon North Cldy i am to work for Dave Jones               D. Jones 1 day Paid 1.50      
15 Tues North Cldy i am to work for dave Jones               D. Jones 1 day Paid 1.50      
16 Wed North Clear i am to work for dave 3/4 of a day               D. Jones 3/4 day Paid 1.12      
17 Thur North Cldy i am to work for dave               D. Jones 1 day Paid 1.50      
18 Fri North Cld i Commenced Caring Milk & to work for dave               D. Jones part $1.25      
19 Sat North Cldy i am to work for dave Jones               D. Jones 1 day Paid 1.25     We went down to Broughtons
20 Sun North Clear i and l wife and famley went to Broughton's                        
21 Mon South Cldy i am down to Daves Jones                        
22 Tues North Clear i am to work for D. Jones               D. Jones 1/2 day Paid .75 D. Jones W. Jones 1.25 1.25  
23 Wed North Cldy Dave & father are to work for me       G. Bliss for Bored money 23.25 J. Evens in full Paid 16.00     D. Jones W. Jones 1.50 1.50  
24 Thur South Cldy Dave and father are haying for me                        
25 Fri South Rain i painted my house Cut Barley for Dave 1-2       C Mathers for butter 0.84 C Mathers       C Mathers for Goods Paid 7.44  
26 Sat South Clear Dave and father are haying for me 3/4 of a day               G. Maconell Settled to date        
27 Sun South Rain we are to home today it rained                   D. Jones W. Jones .75 1.12  
28 Mon South Rain went to the vilage 1-2 worked at home1-2                   R Close 1/2 lb of tea Paid 1.25  
29 Tues South Rain i am to home todaydoing nothing                        
30 Wed North Clear i and dave and Jones hayed                        
31 Thur South Rain i went to the roundup                        
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__August __ 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 Fri North Clear i am a howing i finished haying                   D. Jones W. Jones 1.50 1.25  
2 Sat South Clear i am a helping W.R. Jones haying               WB Jones 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
3 Sun South Clear my Self and famley went over to Birts                       went over to William
4 Mon South Clear i am to work for W. R. Jones               W. R. Jones 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
5 Tues North Cldy i am to work for W. R. Jones               W. R. Jones 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
6 Wed South Clear i am to work for W. R. Jones               W.R. Jones 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
7 Thur South Clear i am to home to work for Jones               W. R. Jones 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
8 Fri North Cldy i worked for Jones a half a day               W. R. Jones 1/2day Paid .75      
9 Sat East Cldy i am to work for W. R. Jones               W. R. Jones 1 day labor Paid 1.25      
10 Sun East i am to home all day                        
11 Mon South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2                   CC Mathers 1 sac flour Paid 1.75  
12 Tues North Cldy i am to work for W. R. Jones               W. R. Jones 1 day Paid 1.25      
13 Wed North Clear i Commenced Cutting Oats                        
14 Thur North Clear i am A Cutting My Oats                        
15 Fri East Clear i am to work at my Oats       R. L. Vanhorn for furniture   R. L. Vanhorn for furniture $3.00     Vanhorn furniture Paid 18.00  
16 Sat North Clear i am A Cutting My Oats                        
17Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the meeting 1-2                        
18 Mon South Clear i am to home Cutting Oats                        
19 Tues South Clear i am to home Cutting Oats                        
20 Wed North Clear i am finished Cutting Oats                   Ordway Shoeing Paid .60  
21 Thur South Clear i am a binding Oats for W. R. Jones               W. Jones 3/4 day Paid 1.00      
22 Fri South Clear i am a laying around home                        
23 Sat South Clear i am at home a tinkering around                        
24 Sun South Clear i am to home Birt and All                       Albert Tomb and wife
25 Mon South Clear i am to home hauled in my oats                        
26 Tues South Clear my Self and famley went over to loyds                       We went over to loyds
27 Wed South i am to home a tinkering a round                        
28 Thur South Clear mySelf and famley went overto Mary Williams                       We went out to Mary Williams
29 Fri South Rain i am to homea tinkering around                        
30 Sat South Cldy mySelf and famley went to wellsboro                   CC Mathers for Goods Paid 3.35  
31 Sun South Clear myself and famley when two fathers                       we went over to fathers
                             

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