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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__ 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
1Tues North Cldy i am to home got my horse           C Ordway for Shoeing 1.30          
2 Wed North Clear i am to home 1-2 help George Maconell               G. Maconell 1/2 day Paid .50      
3 Thur South Clear i am to work for George Maconell               G. Maconell 1 day la Paid 1.00      
4 Fri South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went over to Smith                        
5 Sat South i am to home today Said went to town                        
6 Sun South Clear i am to home her folks and was here                       Broughton & wife was here
7 Mon South Cldy i am to home went to the round top                        
8 Tues South Rain i am to home all day                        
9 Wed South Rain i am to home today tinkering                        
10 Thur South Cldy i am to home 1-2 helped Dave thrash 1-2               Dave Jones 1/2 labor Paid 0.50      
11 Fri South Cldy i helped husted 1-2 i am to home 1-2           {Paid Out 1.35 A Husted 1/2 labor Paid 0.50      
12 Sat South Cldy i am to home all day           {G. Maconell drawing milk 3.00     D. Jones reaping Paid  
13 Sun South Cldy we went down to Broughtons           {D. Davis On Account 9.00         My Self and famley Broughtons
14 Mon South Clear i went to Wellsboro helped hor get in Oats 1 Colt for 45 dollars     D. Bowen 1 Colt 45.00 {C Mathers On Account 27.43     CC Mathers for Goods Paid 2.10  
15 Tues South Clear i am to home helped Jones               W. Jones 1/2 day Paid .50      
16 Wed North Cldy i am to home Cut Corn 1/2           Housell 2 rusters 0.50 J. Kimball 1/4 day Paid .25      
17 Thur South Clear i and Charley are a Cutting Corn 1/2                        
18 Fri South Clear i and Charley finished Cutting Corn                        
19 Sat   i went to the buro 1-2 i am at home 1-2                        
20 Sun West Clear we went on to George Englished                       Went out to G. English Today
21 Mon South Cldy i helped Jake Kimball Cut Corn               J. Kimball 1 day labor Paid 1.00      
22 Tues South Cldy i washed the Bugy George & i Saw wood 1-2                   G. Maconell on account Paid .50  
23 Wed South Clear i split wood 1-2 drawed wood 1-2                        
24 Thur North Clear i and Said went to the fair                       the Children Staid to home
25 Fri North Clear i went to the fair           At the fair 2 days 1.20          
26 Sat South Clear i drawed in buckwheat i dug 3 Bailes of potatoes                        
27 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting a                       James Moss farwell Sermn
28 Mon South Clear i am a diging potatoes 1-2 layed a round           N. Kimball 2 pair Socks 1.00          
29 Tues South Clear went up to Ludlow 1-2 C1858went to the round top           J. Ludlow fence post 1.30     C Ordway 2 Shoes Paid .25  
30 Wed South i am a diging potatoes                        
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__October__ 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 Thur South Clear i went down to after the Spinning wheel                        
2 Fri South Cldy i helped Jake 1-2 i am to home 1-2               J. Kimball 1/2a day Paid .50     George Maconell left
3 Sat South Clfy i am a fixing fence                        
4 Sun South Rain i am to home today                        
5 Mon South Clear i am a hunting for George                        
6 Tues South Cldy i went to the city of wellsboro                        
7Wed South i thrashed my Grain helped hor 1/2 of a day               G. McConnell 1/4 of day Paid .25 W. R. Jones 1/4 day Paid .25  
8 Thur South Snow i Cut Some wood and tinkered Some                        
9 Fri South Clear i tinkered around looked for George                        
10 Sat South Clear i husked Corn and hauled Some in                        
11 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                       New Preacher today
12 Mon South Clear i am to home at work Comenced my dich                   A hart 1/2 day Paid .50  
13 Tues South Rain i am to home husking Corn                        
14 Wed South Cldy i am a husking Corn today       W. Forest for Butter 9.88 W. Forest for Barls 0.40          
15 Thur South Clear i went out the day picking Apples                        
16 Fri South Clear i and Aren hert are diging dich                   A Hart 1 day Paid 1.00 Beauty took the Bull
17 Sat South Clear i and Aren hert are diging dich                   A Hart 1 day Paid 1.00  
18 Sun South Clear we went down to Broughtons                       went down to Broughtons
19 Mon South Clear i and Aren hert are to work at the dich           A Hart for labor 3.06          
20 Tues South Cldy i am a drawing Corn 1-2 to work at the dich                        
21 Wed NW Rain i and the Children are a husking Corn                        
22 Thur South Cldy i went to the City of wellsboro           F. Lions horse Shoeing .40 .70     C Mathers For Goods Paid 3.41 W.R. Jones Husking bee
23 Fri South Rain i took my Apples to the cider mill                        
24 Sat South Cldy i went to the cider mill and got my cider           Wines & Walker making 0.85          
25 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
26 Mon South Clear i am at to Diging potatoes for H. Maconell               H. Maconell 1 day Paid .75      
27 Tues South Clear i helped Mr. Maconell 1-2 dug potatoes at home 1-2               H. Maconell 1/2 day Paid Paid .50      
28 Wed South Clear i am to home to work today                        
29 Thur South Cldy i went to wellsboro 1-2 C2064 it rained 1-2                        
30 Fri North Snow i went over home 1-2 went to the ___                        
31 Sat North Clear i Cut wood 1-2 i put my Apples a way                        

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