Bradford County PA
Chemung County NY
Tioga County PA
Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Diaries & Letters of Tri-Counties
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.
Joyce's Search Tip - December 2010
Do You Know that you can search just the 355 pages of our
Diaries and Letters on this site  by using the Diaries button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? But diaries and letters are wonderful sources to understand the culture of time and place. Read them and enjoy them slowly.
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__November__ 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
1Sun South Cldy we went down to little Jakes Coles                       Went down to Jake Coles
2 Mon North Cldy i Comenced a plowing today                   H. Maconell horse Paid .50  
3 Tues North Snow i plowed a 1-2 went to the funrel                   H. Maconell 1/2 day 0.25 Willis Peake was Bured
4 Wed South Cldy i plowed all Next to Tom Peake                   H. Maconell 1 day Paid .50  
5 Thur South Clear i am a plowing today                   H. Maconell 1 day Paid .50  
6 Fri South Clear i am a plowing Sod Ground                   H. Maconell 1 day Paid .50  
7 Sat South Rain we weight out our Chees                   C.Ordway 3 Shoes Paid .73  
8 Sun South Rain we are to home all day it Rained                        
9 Mon South Cldy i am a getting wood got my Chees home                        
10 Tues North Cldy i took my Chees over to Morris run           to the howtell diner 0.35         I Went to Moris Run
11 Wed South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2                        
12 Thur South Clear i am to home plowed for Jake 1-2 One Calf 5.00     J.Bowen 1 Calf 5.00     J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid .37      
13 Fri South Rain i helped Jake thrash today               J. Kimball 1/4 day Paid      
14 Sat South Clear i am to home a Cutting wood                        
15 Sun South Cldy we down to Broughtons                       We went down to Broughtons
16 Mon South Cldy i was down to Round top 1-2 Cut wood 1-2           L. Hosel Shoe Making 0.60          
17 Tues South Clear i am a plowing for Jake and hors               J. Kimball Self & horse Paid 1.14      
18 Wed South Cldy i am a plowing for Dwight                   J. Kimball hors 1 day Paid 3.76  
19 Thur South Rain i Churned 1-2 plowed 1-2                   J. Kimball hors 1/2 day Paid .25  
20 Fri North Cldy i finish plowing went to Antrim 1-2                   J. Kimball hors 1/2 day Paid .25 I finished a plowing
21 Sat South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2                   W. Roberts for hardware Paid .50  
22 Sun South Clear i am to home today Bill & Vire                       Bill and Vire was here today
23 Mon East Snow i am to home is Snow 8 inches                        
24 Tues East Snow the Snow is a plump 18 inches                        
25 Wed East Snow i am to home it Storm today                        
26 Thur NE Storm i am to home Banked my hose           {Gingmon 0.75          
27 Fri EE Cldy i and Charley Sawed wood i hauled wood           { hardware {Alkihall 0.30         It is Snowing about 20 in a day
28 Sat South Cldy i went to Wellsboro a part of the day           {G. Derby mending 1.25          
29 Sun South Cldy i am to home all day           hors Shod 0.60          
30 Mon South went to the round top 1-2 went to the vilage       W Mathers Chees 107 lb 9.00 W. J. Mathers on flour 9.00 W Mathers on Chees Paid 1.70      
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__December__ 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 Tues NE Snow went over to the Mill1-2 helped Jones Bucher J. Evens One Chees 5 Lb             J. Evens 1Chees 5 lb Paid 5.88     I am to home the most of the day
2 Wed South Clear i am to home i Buchered my hogs                        
3 Thur South Snow i went out to George English G. Englishes 1 hog 230=5 ct             G. English 1 hog Paid 0.50     Said Went down Home
4 Fri South Snow i am to home 1-2 helped hor Cut logs               H. Maconell 1/2 labor Paid 0.50      
5 Sat South Snow i and Charley Sawed wood 1-2 i hauled wood to the house                        
6 Sun South Snow i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                       I and Charley went to meeting
7 Mon South Snow i am to home all day tinkering                        
8 Tues South Cldy i Cut logs for Chapmans 1-2 it snowed 1-2               B. Chapman 1/2 day Paid .50      
9 Wed South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to Antrim 1-2       At Antrim for Apples 0.85 at the Store 1 Box 0.15          
10 Thur North Cldy i am to home 1-2 i & Jake Sawed wood 1-2                   J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid .37 1/2  
11 Fri North Cldy i went down to U Broughtons                       We went down to the wood bee
12 Sat South Clear i am to home a Cutting Some wood                        
13 Sun South Rain i am to home to day it rained       L. Marvin for ducks 2.07              
14 Mon South Rain i and John Evens fix the barn                   J. Evens 3/4 of day Paid 1.00  
15 Tues North Cldy Auction went to the Boro to day                        
16 Wed South Clear helped Dave 1/2 day went to the mill                        
17 Thur South Cldy i got some lumber from Waters & Clark Henry Clark 1chees 56 lb     Henry Clark 56 lb of Cees 10 1/4 5.74 H. Clark for lumber 4.28 H. Clark on Cees Paid 1.34      
18 Fri South Cldy i and John Evens are a makeing ice house                   J. Evens 3/4 of day Paid 1.00  
19 Sat North Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage C. Mathers for Eggs 2 doz 40 ct     W. G. Mathers for eggs 0.40 At Wellsboro for Goods 1.08 1.15          
20 Sun North Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                       John Johnston Bbaby was born
21 Mon South Clear i and J. Evens finished the ice house               J. Evens on acount Paid 2.75 J. Evens 1 day Paid 1.00  
22 Tues South Cldy i am a Cutting logs for Chapman               W. Chapman 1 day labor Paid 1.00     Mrs. Johnston Died
23 Wed South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to Antrim at Antrim Gees A. &cabage     At Antrim Gees & cabage 2.87             Comenced on the Six Sacks flour
24 Thur North Clear i went to the Mill 1-2 i am to home 1-2                        
25 Fri NE Cldy we went down to Albert Tomb Nell was sick                     Went down to Albert Tomb
26 Sat North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2       E M Johnston on Chees from An 76.33              
27 Sun North Clear i am to home all day Albert Tomb           {C. Ordway Blacksmith 1.20         Albert Tomb & wife was here
28 Mon North Cldy i went to the round top 1-2 i am to home 1-2           {R Close for making Chees 17.77          
29 Tues North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2           At Wellsboro for Goods 4.00 27.17          
30 Wed South Cldy i am a hauling Saw dust                        
31 Thur North Rain i am to home 1-2 went to the round           L. Housel Mending 0.10          

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