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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__May __ 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 Sat NE Clear i went to the city of Wellsboro   One Creamer for $26 .25       One Creamer Other places 26.25 1.50          
2 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                        
3 Mon NE Clear i am to home J. Evens is to work                        
4 Tues North Clear i and John worked 1-2 made Garden           J. Evens 1 day labor 1.25          
5 Wed North Cldy i went to the round top           R. Close Phillips 3.85 .57          
6 Thur North Clear went after wach tinkered 1-2                        
7 Fri South Cldy Cultivated 1-2 went over to Evens           D. Evens Set two tires 0.75          
8 Sat North Cldy Cultivated Got wood                        
9 Sun North Clear i am to home all day                        
10 Mon North Clear i help WB Jones a half day               W. Jones 1/2 day Settled 1.50      
11 Tues North Clear i am to home a dragging Corn Groun                   D. Jones 1 team Settled 1.00  
12 Wed South Cldy i am to home Sade is Sick                       Baby Born to day
13Thur South Rain i am to home it rained                        
14 Fri South Clear i went After Some Pigs                        
15 Sat South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro two Calf weight 345 $13.80     A. Tomb for pigs 5.00 At Wellsboro for Goods 1.22     W. Roberts hardware Paid .90  
16 Sun North Cldy i went after a hiered Girl       H. L. Clock for veal 13.80              
17 Mon North Cldy i went to wellsboro 1-2 Cut wood 1-2           Kit Shod dings .65 .35         I put Kit to horse
18 Tues South Cldy marked Corn ground 1-2 planted my Corn 1-2                       I planted my corn
19 Wed South Cldy i planted my potatoes 1-2 i made Garden 1-2                        
20 Thur South Cut Some wood Got some fence post                        
21 Fri South Clear i Cut Some wood helped Jones               W. Jones 1/2 day Settled .50      
22 Sat West Clear i fixed fence 1-2 went to Wellsboro                        
23 Sun South Clear i am to home father & mother was here   Settled Received J. Bliss ____                 Father & Mother
24 Mon South Clear i Cut wood 1-2 drawed wood                        
25 Tues North Cldy i am to home 1-2 helped Jones shingle                     Mills Spot Book to Bull
26 Wed North Clear i am to home a working on the Road                        
27 Thur North Cldy i am a working on the road                     Dave Jake Beauty Bulled now Till Bulled
28 Fri South Clear i am a working on the road           Addie Morrow for labor 2.00          
29 Sat South Clear i fixed fence a half a day           {C. Webb Dockter 5.00         Blacky Bulled Hoslike
30 Sun North clear i am to home all day           {L. Harrison for plaster .22 .30          
31 Mon NE Clear i went to Wellsboro got home 2 o'clock                        
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June __ 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 Tues NE Clear i am a Cultivating 1-2 i tinkered 1-2                        
2 Wed South Cldy i went to Antrim 1-2 Sprouted potatoes 1-2                       I went out to Antrim
3 Thur NW Clear i went over two fathers help Jones 1/4 day           Philepps for tea 1.00 W. Jones 1/2 0.50      
4 Fri North Clear i plaster Corn 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2                   C Mathers for Goods Paid 8.65  
5 Sat North Clear i plastered Corn 1-2 Cut wood 1-2                       Lade Bulled W Peak
6 Sun SW Clear i am to home 1-2 took Marthy home                        
7 Mon South Rain i Cut wood 1-2 cut wood 1-2                        
8 Tues North Clear i drawed wood 1-2 Cut poles for fence                        
9 Wed South Cldy i and Dave drawed manure 1-2                   D. Jones 1/2 with team Paid 1.00  
10 Thur South Clear i Sowed my Buckwheat                       Zube went to Bull
11Fri South Clear i plastered potatoes i fixed fence                        
12 Sat South Clear i cultivated corn for Dave               D. Jones 1 day Settled 1.00      
13 Sun North Clear George Jennings was here                       George Jennings & wife was here
14 Mon North Clear i cultivated my corn           O. Robb for washing 0.50     D. Jones 1 horse Paid .50  
15 Tues South Clear i went to Wellsboro 1-2 planted in some corn                        
16 Wed South Cldy i helped Jones 1-2 it rained 1-2               W. Jones 1/2 day 0.50      
17 Thur South Rain i went to the round top                        
18 Fri North Clear i help Dave 1-2 tinkered 1-2               D. Jones 1/2 0.50 {Belcher Roberts .75 .20  
19 Sat North Clear i went to Wellsboro worked in the garden                   {C Mathers for Goods 2.11  
20 Sun North Clear i am to home all day                       Birt & Allis was here
21 Mon South Clear i am to home a tinkering                        
22 Tues South Cldy i worked in the Garden 1-2 went to the Grange meeting 1-2           R Close for Grocery __.18          
23 Wed South Rain i am to home i cut wood 1-2                        
24 Thur South Clear i am a Cutting wood                        
25 Fri South Cldy i am at home Cutting Wood                        
26 Sat South Clear i am to home i went to Wellsboro                        
27 Sun South Clear i am to home Jake & Becky                       Jake Cole & wife was here
28 Mon North Clear i am a howing corn for Dave               D. Jones 1 day Paid 1.00      
29 Tues North Clear i hoed corn for Dave Cultivated at home               D. Jones 1/2 day 0.50 D. Jones 1 horse Paid .25  
30 Wed East Clear i am a Cultivating Corn for Self                   D. Jones 1 horse 0.5  
                             

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