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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 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 Sun South Clear i went to meeting today                        
2 Mon South Clear i picked Stone 1-2 went to Antrim 1-2       One pail of Butter 12.54              
3 Tues South Clear Went over to fathers 1-2 draged today                   1 horse Bill 1/2 day Paid .25  
4 Wed South Clear i sowed Oats draged with Kit+                        
5 Thur South Clear i Sowed Oats had Dave horse                   Dave horse Paid .50  
6 Fri South Clear Plowed the Garden planted potatoes                        
7 Sat South Cldy i Sowed grass Seed 1-2 went to Wellsboro           {J Gray 2 shoes 0.30         Said down home
8 Sun South Cldy i am to home 1-2 went down to Broughtons           {W Roberts for paint 1.20         Said down home
9 Mon South Cldy i am to work at my fence                        
10 Tues South Clear draged my Corn Ground                   Dave horse Paid .25  
11 Wed South Clear i am a making Garden today                        
12 Thur North Clear i am a farming today                        
13 Fri North Clear i am a sprouting potatoes                        
14 Sat NE Clear i am a picking Stone                        
15 Sun South Clear i and Said went down home                        
16 Mon South Clear i planted my corn today                       I planted my corn
17 Tues NE Clear i went to Antrim 1-2 went to loyds 1-2 1 pail of Butter 20 10.20 W Forest for Butter 10.2 L Bliss for Pigs 6.00             Blackey took the Bull
18 Wed NE Clear i am a fixing fence over Back                        
19 Thur NE Clear i am a fixing fence over Back       W Chapman for Boards 1.20             Turned out my cows
20 Fri South Clear i went over to JA Evens 1-2                       Lil took the bull
21 Sat South Clear i went to the City of Wellsboro       Diferent Places for Articles 1.35              
22 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                       George was here drunk
23 Mon South Clear i am to home drawing manure                        
24 Tues south i white washed and Painted                   D Jones 1/2 day horse Paid 1.25  
25 Wed South Cldy i painted 1-2 plowed for Sowed Corn           C Church 1 sack flour 1.35         Spot took the Bull
26 Thur South Rain i went to Antrim today       W Forest for Butter 9.36             Burea took the Bull
27 Fri South Rain i went to the city of wellsboro           At Wellsboro Mercindice 3.00          
28 Sat North Rain i am to home all day                        
29 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day           J Evens 1 day 1.00          
30 Mon South Clear i am a taking care of Clarence           Birch Pedler for Goods            
31 Tues South Clear i planted over Corn worked on the road                       Zube took the Bull
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June __ 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 Wed South Rain i am to home it rained                        
2 Thur South Rain i am to home it is lousey                        
3 Fri South Cldy i helped W. R. Jones 3/4 of a day               W. B. Jones 3/4 day Paid .75      
4 Sat South Cldy i helped Jones 1-2 went to Wellsboro           Edwards 1 hook 0.15 W. B. Jones 1/4 of a day Paid .25 W. Roberts hardware Paid .88  
5 Sun South Cldy i and Said &went down home                       We went down to Broughtons
6 Mon South Rain i am to home all day                       Star went to Bull
7 Tues North Cldy i am to work on the road                        
8 Wed North Clear i am to work on the road                        
9 Thur North Clear i worked on the road today                        
10 Fri North Clear i plowed my Buckwheat Ground                   W.R. Jones 1 horsr Paid .50  
11 Sat North Clear i went to Wellsboro today                       Lill took the bull
12 Sun North Clear i and Lewie was over to fathers                       I and Lewie was over to fathers
13 Mon North Clear i am a Cultivating my potatoes                        
14 Tues North Clear i am a Cultivating my Corn                        
15 Wed North Clear i and Said & Clarence was out to Birts                       We went out to Birts
16 Thur South Clear i plastered my potatoes                        
17 Fri South Rain i am to home to work                        
18 Sat South Clear i am around home a tinkering                        
19 Sun North Shorey i am to home all day                        
20 Mon North Clear i am to home i Sowed my Buckwheat                        
21 Tues North Cldy i and Said when to Wellsboro                        
22 Wed South Cldy i went over to fathers                        
23 Thur South Cldy i went to the mill to Wellsboro                        
24 Fri North Clear i and Said went out to George                       Went out to G. English
25 Sat North Clear i am a Cultivating Corn                        
26 Sun North Clear i am to home all daypet                        
27 Mon North Clear i helped Dave 1-2 Cultivated Corn                        
28 Tues North Clear i am a plowing my potatoes                        
29 Wed North Clear i am a howing corn                        
30 Thur North Clear i am a howing potatoes of                        

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