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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 __ 1888
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 North Cldy i am a sewing oats today                   L. Peak 1 day Paid 3.00  
2 Wed North Cldy i am a fixing PiG fence today                   J. Kimbal Trees Paid 3.00  
3 Thurs North Clear i finished sowing oats                        
4 Fri South Cldy i am a fixing fence today                        
5 Sat NW Clear i and Charley are a fixing fence you can hit him if you to the                      
6 Sun NW Clear we went down to Broughtons                       we went down to Broughtons
7 Mon NE Clear i am a fixing fence went to the Boro                   I Sears for feed Paid 4.20 J. Chapman baby dead
8 Tues South Clear i am a fixing fence today                        
9 Wed South Clear i am up picking stones today                        
10 Thurs South Rain i am a plowing in the rain                        
11 Fri South Rain i plowed 1-2 drawed manure 1-2           C. Kimball for trees 5.00         I plowed for potatoes
12 Sat South Rain i am to home it Rained                        
13 Sun NE clear i and Said went out to Lindey       {W. Forest Butter 11.73             I and Said went out to Lindy
14 Mon NE Rain i went to Antrim 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1 veal 1.50 lb $6.00     { F. Herin 1 for veal 6.00 Burncroft Sears 4.50 4.20          
15 Tues North Cldy i am to home 1-2 went over to Johns 6 cow $35.00     D.Bowen 1 fat cow 35.00 {J. Bliss L. Peake Pig 15.00 3.00         I Sold N Beauty
16 Wed North Cldy i am to home a fixing fence           L. Bliss hay 1.00          
17 Thur NE i am a dragging for corn                       Lindy & family was here
18 Fri South Rain i planted1 acor corn it rained 1-2           {thers places Das fill 1.00 2.35          
19 Sat South Cldy i and Charley went to Wellsboro           {M. Burncroft Settled 17.95          
20 Sun NW Clear we went down to G. Gennings                       went down to Gennings
21 Mon South Clear i finished planting corn today       A. Pope for Butter 3.08              
22 Tues South Clear i mad Garden drawed manure 1-2         and D. Winney Blackson 0.50          
23 Wed South Cldy i am a drawing Manure                        
24 Thurs South Cldy i got Hor horse and plowed                       took Cora Sheep up to Joneses
25 Fri South Cldy i am a following for Buckwheat                        
26 Sat South Cldy i plowed 1-2 finished planting potatoes                        
27 Sun South Said went down to Broughtons                       Bob Roland was burried
28 Mon South Cldy i am to home to work           {Sears 0.65         Blackey talk the bull
29 Tues South Cldy i am to work at home           {Housel { Burncroft .50 3.55          
30 Wed South C finished planting helped Jake 1-2       W. FOREST for butter 9.20 for the {W Roberts hardware 4.75          
31 Thurs South i went to Wellsboro 1-2 planted beans                        
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__June 1888
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 South Rain i helped Jake fix fence           up            
2 Sat South Rain i am to home the tinkering                        
3 Sun North Cldy i am to home all-day                       Zube took the Bull
4 Mon NW Clear i am to home to work                        
5 Tues South Clear i am to work on the road                       I put Kit today
6 Wed South Clear i am to work on the road                        
7 Thurs South Clear i am to work on the road                       the Polander got killed
8 Fri North Clear i am a hauling manure today                        
9 Sat South Clear i am a drawing Manure                        
10 Sun South Clear i am to home 1-2 went to meeting                        
11 Mon NW Cldy i spread manure 1-2 and draged                       Spot took the Bull today
12 Tues NE Clear i am to home went to Wellsboro                        
13 Wed South Clear i plowed potatoes and howed them                        
14 Thur South Clear i cultivated by corn                        
15 Fri South Clear i howed Buckwheat pealed Bark                        
16 Sat South Clear i pealed bark for Jake               1/2 day Paid     My Sheep come home
17 Sun South Clear i am to home all day               J. Kimball 1 day 1.87 1.75      
18 Mon North Clear i am a cultivating corn                        
19 Tues North Clear i am a pealing bark for Jake                        
20 Wed South Clear i am a peling bark for Jake               Jake 1 day Paid 1.75      
21 Thurs South Clear i cultivated potatoes 1-2 helped Jake 1-2               J. Kimball 1 day Paid 1.75     Lil took the bull
22 Fri South Cldy helped Jake 1-2 went to the round top               1/2day Paid .87      
23 Sat South Cldy i helped Jake 1-2               1/2 day Paid .87      
24 Sun South i am to home all day               1/2 day Paid .87      
25 Mon South Clear i am to work for Jake                        
26 Tues South Clear i am to work for Jake               J. Kimball 1 day Paid 1.25      
27 Wed North Clear i am to home Sowed Buckwheat               3/4 day Paid .93      
28 Thurs South Rain i went to the cityi went to the city of Wellsboro                       Star took the bull
29 Fri South Cldy i went to the cityi went to the city of Wellsboro                        
30 Sat North Clear i am a pealing bark for Jake               J. Kimball 1 day Paid 1.25      
                             

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