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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 1886
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 to home Jake Kimball 1-2           {L.Potter for tea 4.52          
2 Sat South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage 1-2       G. English 1 pig 11.50 {R Mack file Bookstore .50 .70         Charley Everets Bured today
3 Sun South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                       I went to the round top
4 Mon South Rain i am to home all day it rained                       I greased my harnis
5 Tues South Snow i went to the round top 1-2 i am to home 1-2           for a paper the top 0.30          
6 Wed North Snow i am to the round top 1-2 went over to fathers           6 Docen file Gernsey Smith .50 .50          
7 Thur North Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the round           Marthy Girent WR Jones 1.00         I hiched kit to day
8 Fri NE Cldy all i am to home tinkering around           60 lbs of Beef 2.7          
9 Sat South Snow it snowed today Snowed 18 inches                        
10 Sun North Cldy i am to home today C1961i hiched kit up           {W. Daniels 0.75          
11Mon SW Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro           {At Wellsboro {S. Evens tax 4.50 4.93          
12 Tues South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the round top                        
13 Wed South Clear i and Saidwent over to Englishes                       went over to Eugene Claus
14 Thur South Clear i went to Antrim of pedling At Antrim with Apples     At Antrim 6 bu of apples 0.75     P. Phlin 1 12 bush Paid .40     I Went out to Antrim
15 Fri South Clear i went over to Arnett a pedling today Apples & Chees $3.00     Apples Chees At Arnett 3.00 {Burncroft .15 1.83         I was over to Arnett
16 Sat South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the vilage           {Kit 3 Shoes {Tribune .70 1.00          
17 Sun NW Cldy we went down toTip Williams                       When down to Tip Williams
18 Mon NE Cldy i Cut wood 1-2 Got a load of ice   A. Walker                    
19 Tues South Clear i am a hauling ice today the for loads of ice $1.00   J. Evens On Account 1.00 Arch Walker 4 lodes of ice 1.00         I am a drawing ice
20 Wed South Clear i am a hauling ice today                   A Walker 3 lodes ice Paid .75  
21 Thur South Storm i am to home 1-2 got a load of Saw dust           Clarence Ordway 0.15          
22 Fri North Clear i am a getting Saw dust           1Shoe Set            
23 Sat North Clear i hauled sawdust 1-2 Cut wood 1-2                       went after Mary Williams
24 Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 went after Mary                        
25 Mon South Cldy i Chopped wood 1-2 drawed wood                        
26 Tues South Cldy i hauled ice two loads           A Walker for ice 1.25          
27 Wed South Cldy i am a hauling Saw dust   Cutter $6.00       C. Mickle On Cutter 0.50     C. Mickle 1 Cutter Paid 5.50  
28 Thur NE Cldy i am a Cutting logs for H. Maconell       J. Evens On Chees 1.00     H. Maconell 3/4 of day Paid 0.75      
29 Fri North Cldy i Cut wood 1-2 went to the round top 1-2           C. Ordway 3 Shoes 0.50     C. Ordway Black Paid .20  
30 Sat North Cldy by Cut wood 1-2 went to the round top                   L. Housel top shoes Paid .30  
31 Sun North Cldy i took Mary Williams down home                       Mary down to fathers
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__February __ 1886
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 Mon North Cldy i am home to day went to the round top                        
2 Tues North Cldy hiched Kit up Single Cut wood 1-2       on account 0.40              
3 Wed NE Cldy i am to home Cut wood 1-2 1 horse for $1.75     Mark horse ####              
4 Thur NE Cldy i am to home Cut wood 1-2                        
5 Fri North Clear i drawed wood went over to the mill                        
6 Sat North Cldy i went to the round top am to home                       {Birt & Allis was here
7 Sun North Clear i am to home Birt & Allis are here           C Webb Medison 0.50         {John Bliss and Nett here
8 Mon South Clear i went to the mill Got Kit Shod           Deloss Winey Colt Shod 0.70          
9 Tues South Clear i went to Wellsboro to day           At Wellsboro for Goods 4.12         Eugene Claus & wife are here
10 Wed South Clear i went down after hur mother           {L. Housel 0.50         Sade mother is here
11 Thur SE i went down to do round top           {R. Close Grocery 0.88         Abe Mills died 4 Oclock this morning
12 Fri South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to the funrel                       Abe Mills was bured
13 Sat SW Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to the Corens           E Kimball 2 box Ointment 0.25         Went to the Corens
14 Sun South Cldy i am to home Birt & All was here                       Birt and All was here
15 Mon North Cldy i am to home to work a tinkering                        
16 Tues North Cldy i went to Wellsboro a foot and back           At Wellsboro for Grocery 0.10          
17 Wed South Clear i and Horis Maconell Sawed wood                        
18 Thur South Cldy i split wood 1-2 tinkered 1-2                        
19 Fri North Cldy i Cut wood 1-2 father was here                       Father was here today
20 Sat South Cldy i drawed wood to 1-2 went up the road                        
21 Sun South Snow i am to home today it snowed                       Charley Bliss and Wife was here
22 Mon South Clear i am to home i cut wood 1-2                        
23 Tues North Snow i am to home a Greasing harness                        
24 Wed SW Clear i went over home hauled Shugar wood       {J. Ludlow 5.00             I Greased my harness
25 Thur South Clear it Stormed to day i hauled wood 1-2       {G. Elleott for milk 3.27 J. Bliss on account 50.00          
26 Fri North Cldy i am to home a laying around                        
27 Sat North Clear i am a dehorning 1-2 i am a drawing wood                        

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