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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 __ 1887
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 North Cldy i maid Sour Crout today                       Took Said down home
2 Sun North Cldy i went to the funrel of Mrs Robb                       Went down after Said
3 Mon South Clear i went down to Broughtons after Said                        
4 Tues South Cldy i am to home 1-2 Cut wood       JA Kimball labor 1 day 0.75     W Chapman 1 day Paid 1.00      
5 Wed South Cldy i am a cutting props for Chapman               JA Kimball 3/4 day Paid .60      
6 Thur North Cldy i am ahauling ice for Jake           C Osgood 1 scane yarn 0.20         Went to mill 9 of Corn
7 Fri North Cldy i am to work for Jake                       Father & mother was here
8 Sat NE Clear i went to the City of wellsboro                        
9 Sun South Snow i am to home today       jA Kimball for labor 0.60              
10 Mon North Cldy i am a Sawing wood or Dave                        
11 Tues South Snow i Cut wood for my Self                        
12 Wed South Snow i and Charley Rowlens Cut wood                       I have Got Ground 700 lb of meal
13 Thur South Clear i and Charley Rowlens Sawed wood                        
14 Fri South Cldy i went to wellssboro to the Grist Mill                       Went over to Bills today
15 Sat North Cldy i hauled wood 1-2 i sawed wood 1-2                        
16 Sun South Cldy i and Famley went over to Babb                        
17 Mon South Cldy i went out to Antrim after Sam Paris           C Church Grocery 0.25         Bill & Viry was here
18 Tues North Cldy i and Dave are a Cutting wood                        
19 Wed South Cldy i am to home hauled wood 1-2                        
20 Thur South Cldy i am to home went to mill                       WV Bliss on Grand Jury
21 Fri South Cldy i and C Rowlens Sawed wood to day                        
22 Sat South Clear i drawed wood 1-2 Shelled corn 1-2                        
23 Sun South Cldy i am to home to day the snow is Gon                        
24 Mon NW Snow i and Chaley & loyd & John went a cooning       CC Mathers for Corn 3.34              
25 Tues South Clear i Cut Some wood layed around 1-2                        
26 Wed SW Snow i am a laying around the house headake           G Derby taping Rubers 1.20         Mrs Workvand___ Got Clear
27 Thur South Clear i went to wellsboro today CC Mathers 323 lb of Corn                      
28 Fri South Cldy i am to home with the head A.                        
29 Sat North Cldy i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro                        
30 Sun South Cldy i m to home to day                        
31 Mon East Cldy i am to home a Splitting wood                        
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__February __ 1887
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 South Clear i went to Wellsboro got my horse Shod           J Gray & Son Shoeing horse 0.6          
2 Wed South Cldy i am to home a tinkering                        
3 Thur South Rain i and Said went over to fathers                       Went over to fathers
4 Fri North Clear i and Said went down to Broughtons                       Went down to her fathers
5 Sat South Cldy i Cut props for W Chapman               W Chapman 1 day Paid 1.00      
6 Sun South Rain i went down to Birt Tomb       Jake paid ####             I was down to Birt today
7 Mon South Rain i went a Cooning in the house 1-2                        
8 Tues South Rain i am to home in the house                        
9 Wed North Clear i Cared out some wood Split wood 1-2                        
10 Thur North Cldy i am to home to day a doing nothing                        
11 Fri North Cldy it rained to day                        
12 Sat North Clear i Cut wood Shuger Cut wood n 1-2                        
13 Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 to home                        
14 Mon South Cldy i am to home a cutting wood                        
15 Tues South Rain i went to town Elections           W Roberts 1 file 0.20         Town Election today
16 Wed South Cldy i am to home i cut some wood                        
17 Thur South Cldy i Cut some wood and filed the saw                        
18 Fri North Cldy it snowe 1-2 i cut wood 1-2                   Fred Evens 1/2 day Paid .37  
19 Sat NW Clear i cut wood 1-2 i draw wood 1-2                        
20 Sun East Snow i am to home it snowed 1-2                       It snowed a part of the day
21 Mon South Cldy i and fred are Sawing wood                   F Evens 1 day Paid 1.00  
22 Tues SW Cldy i are a drawing wood to day                        
23 Wed North Clear i went to wellsboro                        
24 Thur N Clear i am a drawing wood today                       Mr Robb died 20 minutes of 6
25 Fri North Clear i and Fred sawed wood                   F Evens 1 day Paid 1`/00  
26 Sat South Snow i am to home 1-2 went to the funrel                       Mr Robb was bured
27 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day it snowed                        
28 Mon North Cldy i drawed wood 1-2 helped JA Kimball 1-2               J Kimball 1/2 day Paid .30      

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