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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__March __ 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 Clear i am to home 1-2 went to go round top                        
2 Tues North Cldy i am to home all day reading Grant                        
3 Wed North Clear i am to home a A Setting around           Fixing the Clock 0.25          
4 Thur North Clear i went to the city of Wellsboro           At Wellsboro for diner for diner 0.25          
5 Fri North Cldy i am to home a drawing wood                        
6 Sat North Clear i am a cutting wood drawing wood   C. Ordway 1 Bugy 250.00       C Ordway 1 Bugy 20.00     C. Ordway on Bugy Paid 5.00 Very Cold Weather
7 Sun North Clear i am to home today all day not                      
8 Mon South Cldy i am to home to work                        
9 Tues North Cldy i am to home a drawing wood &Buckets                        
10 Wed North Clear i am to home i Choped wood 1=2                        
11 Thur   At home                        
12 Fri   i went down to the Round top                   R Close for Goods Paid 1.55  
13 Sat   i am at home all day Sick                        
14 Sun   At home Sick                   D. Davis 1 Call Paid 2.50  
15 Mon   i am at home Sick                        
16 Tues   At home Sick                   D. Davis 1 Call Paid 2.50 Lill is to have a Calf
17 Wed   At home Sick                        
18 Thur B2060 Cldy at home all day Sick                   Dr Davis 1 Call Paid 2.50 Zube is to have a Calf
19 Fri South Rain at home Sick                        
20 Sat   Sick                   Dr. Davis 1 Botle Paid .50  
21 Sun   Sick                        
22 Mon   Sick                        
23 Tues   Sick                        
24 Wed   Sick                       Fred out hay
25 Thur   Sick                        
26 Fri   Sick                        
27 Sat   Sick                        
28 Sun   Sick                        
29 Mon   Sick                       Blackie to have a Calf
30 Tues   Sick                       Lade is to have a Calf
31Wed   Sick                        
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__April __ 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 Thur SW Cldy i and Charlie Emtead the Buckets                        
2 Fri SW Cldy i hiched and up first for up3 weeks                        
3 Sat NE Cldy i went to the round top                       {Birt & All was here
4 Sun NECldy Birt and Allis was here                       {father and mother was here
5 Mon NE Cldy i drawed Some wood                   Dr. Davis 1 Call Paid 1.00  
6 Tues South Cldy i am to home a laying around                        
7 Wed East Rain i am to home not very well                        
8 Thur North Cldy i am a boiling Sap                        
9 Fri North Clear i am a boiling Sap                       {Feched in 1 pail sirup
10 Sat South Clear i am to work at Shugaring       ___ Clock to Calf 5.00             Feched in 2 pails
11 Sun NE Cldy i siruped off this morning                       Feched in 2 pails
12 Mon South Cldy i Gether Sap 1-2 went over two fathers                        
13 Tues South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro     CE Bliss for Eight __     At Wellsboro Scrap book 1.40          
14 Wed South Clear i am at home a fixing fence                        
15 Thur South Clear i Scalded my buke+C2040ts & put them in the Barn       Frets 1 Calf weight 160 6.40             Geathered my buckets
16 Fri South Clear i am to home i am not feeling well                        
17 Sat South Cldy i fix fence 1-2 went to the vilage           J. A Kimball 2 Cows Br 1.00          
18 Sun SW Clear went down to her folks                       Went down to Broughtons
19 Mon NE Clear i and Charley drawed on on the garden           {D Winney Shoeing 0.50          
20 Tues South Clear i drawed manure 1-2 went to the round top           {L. Housel mending boot 0.75 C Bliss for boots Paid .75      
21 Wed South Clear i Sowed fourteen Bushels of Oats                   D. Jones W. Jones 1.00 1.00 Spot will have a calf
22 Thur South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2           At Wellsboro for Goods 0.50         Nell 48 weeks is up
23 Fri South Clear i Set out some trees 1-2 i went to the raison           J. Wetmore 4 trees 1.20         Logerbum Sais a Burn
24 Sat South Clear i sowed oats 1-2 a tinkering 1-2                       Finished Sowing Oats 17 bu
25 Sun South Clear i am to home today nobody here                        
26 Mon South Cldy it is a ____ day i fix fence a little                        
27 Tues South Cldy i am a tinkering fix fence a little               Dave 1/2 Paid .50      
28 Wed North Clear i cut wood 1-2 1-2 helped Dave Jones 1-2       to balance       Dave 1/2 Paid .50      
29 Thur North Clear helped Dave 1-2 at home 1-2       Ludlow on Account 2.00     Dave 1/2 Paid .50      
30 Fri North Clear i helped Dave 1-2 i am at home                        
                             

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