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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__January__ 1885
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 North Cldy i helped G. Maconell Skid logs 3/4 of a day               G. Maconell 3/4 of a day Paid .75      
2 Fri North Cldy i am to home 1-2 helped G. Maconell 1-2               G. Maconell 1/2 day Paid 0.50      
3 Sat North Clear i am to work for G. Maconell               G. Maconell 1 day Paid 1.00      
4 Sun South Clear i am to home to day                       Loyd and Nell was here
5 Mon South Clear i am to home 1-2 Cut wood 1-2               J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid 0.50     lil lost her calf
6 Tues South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the round top       R Close on chees 50.00 R Close Pouders 0.25          
7 Wed North Cldy i went to the vilage 1-2 am to home 1-2           Chandler & Others 36.35 G. Maconell Paid      
8 Thur South Clear i am to work for George Maconell               1 day G. Maconell 1.00 Paid      
9 Fri South Cldy i am to work for G. Maconell               1day G. Maconell 1.00 Paid      
10 Sat North Clear to work G. Maconell i am home today               1 day 1.00     A very happy day
11 Sun South Cldy laying around i went to the round top                   l Housel Mend 0.50  
12 Mon North Cutting wood at the door i am to work for               G. Maconell Paid R Close Nails 0.25  
13 Tues North Cldy George Maconell i helped George 1-2               1 day G. Maconell 1.00 Paid      
14 Wed South Clear hauled wood 1-2 i went to Wellsboro           {Whites Grocery Frank Peake 0.14 1/2 day 0.50 C Mathers Paid  
15Thur South Snow i am to the mill i am to home to           {for thrashing 4.14     1 pair ruber 0.30 George Travis was hung today
16 Fri East Snow i am to home                       I took Said down home
17 Sat North Cldy by and Charley i am to home 1-2                       I and Charlie are two home alone
18 Sun North Cldy went down after Said i went over two fathers                        
19 Mon North Clear Got wood a part of the day i am a seting shugar                       Was over two fathers a couple of hours
20 Tues South Clear wood up to Ludlow i went out to Antrim       G. Maconella       G. Maconell Paid     I got some Kindlind
21 Wed South Clear And Said and lue i got a load of pine       for labor 5.00     labor 4.00     Went up to Albert Tomb
22 Thur North Clear got a load of hemlock i am to work for               J. Kimball Paid      
23 Fri North Cldy J. A. Kimball i am to work       J. A. Kimball to balanceAccount 0.50     1 day J. Kimball 1.00 .75      
24 Sat South Cldy for S Kimball i am to home                        
25 Sun South Cldy Charley & Jenny i am a getting                       Charley Bliss & wife was here
26 Mon North Cldy Shugar wood i and Georg Maconell                   G. Maconell Paid  
27 Tues SE Cldy Sawed wood 1/2 i and Said went over                   3/4 of day 0.75  
28 Wed North Cldy to John i am a hauling my                       We went over to John Bliss
29Thur South Cldy logs to Morgans i went to Wellsboro       CC Mathers                
30 Fri South Clear to Court G Brown i went to Wellsboro CC Mathers     Chees 6.50         P. lions horse Shod Paid .60  
31 Sat South to the Cort 1 Chees 13 ct 6.50                 C Mathers For Goods Paid .23  
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__February__ 1885
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 Memorandum
1 Sun South Snow i am to home today it Snowed                        
2 Mon South Cldy i went too wellsboro to Cort           {M. Burncroff Rubers & Cackers? 0.47          
3 Tues South Cldy i am to home today tinkering           {D. Belcher R. Close 15.00 .44          
4 Wed South Cldy i went to wellsboro And Mill           {Housel W. Roberts 0.50 1.41         Geo Brown was Acquited
5 Thur North Cldy i went to wellsboro got home at three       R Close on Chees 52.25 {C Mathers Bains & Roy 27.93 3.50          
6 Fri North Clear i went to Wellsboro 1-2 am to home 1-2           I paid out at Wellsboro 4.7          
7 Sat South Cldy i am to work for Chapman               W. Chapman 1 day labor Paid 1.00     Broughton Sow went to Boar
8 Sun South Clear i am to home Birt and was here                       Birt and All was here
9 Mon North Cldy i am to work for J. A. Kimball               J. A. Kimball 3/4 day Paid .75      
10 Tues North Cldy i worked J. Kimball But not on Monday               J. A. Kimball 3/4 day Paid .75      
11 Wed North Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the Round top           RB Close for Grocery 0.60          
12 Thur South Cldy i am to home today a Choaring                        
13 Fri South Cldy i am up to Chapmans A Cutting logs               W. Chapman 1day Paid 1.00      
14 Sat South Cldy i Cut wood a 1-2 went to the Canens 1-2                       I Went to thecancers 1-2
15 Sun North Clear i am to home father and Mother was here                       Father & Mother was here
16 Mon SE Snow it snowed all day it snowed 18 in                       It Snowed about18 in
17 Tues North Clear i went to Wellsboro and town meeting           At Wellsboro medison Bird Seed 0.80     C Mathers 1 Pail of Oil Paid 2.00 I went to town Election
18 Wed North Clear i am to home 1-2 C1620 i Cut logs for B. Chapman 1-2               W. Chapman 1/2 day Paid 0.50      
19 Thur North Clear i am a runing a round today                       lad time is 41 weeks
20 Fri North Cldy i am to home to day Caught wood                        
21 Sat North Clear i Cut logs for Chapman 1-2 Cut wood to home 1-2               W. Chapman 1/2 day Paid 1.00     WK white faced B
22 Sun North Clear i am to home today a laying a round                       I am to home all day
23 Mon North Clear i am to work for Bill Chapman               B. Chapman 1 day Paid 1.00     Lill took Bull to day
24 Tues North Cldy i am to home today getting wood                        
25 Wed North Clear i went to the milland Wellsboro                   CCMathers for Goods Paid 5.76  
26 Thur South Cldy i drawed drags 1-2 George and i saw wood                   G Maconell 1/2 day Paid 1.50  
27Fri South Cldy i am to home Cut a Couple of drags                   C. Ordway Blacksmith Paid .25  
28 Sat South Cldy i hauled drags 1-2 went to the vilag 1-2                        
                             
                             

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