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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__July 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 Sun North Cldy i am to home today                       loaned my sheep to Sam Miller
2 Mon South Clear i am a cultivating corn today                        
3 Tues North clear i am a plowing corn a howing it                        
4 Wed North Clear i & famley went to Wellsboro                       Stery Starkweather wife died
5 Thurs South Cldy i and Charley howed potatoes                       Beauty took the bull
6 Fri North Clear i am a pealing bark for Jake               J. Kimble 1 day Paid 1.75      
7 Sat South Clear i am a pealing bark for Jake               J. Kimble 1 day Paid 1.75      
8 Sun North Clear i went to meeting today                       Elder Poster preached
9 Mon NE Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro           L. Sears For Goods 4     W. Roberts hardware Paid 1.35  
10 Tues NE Clear i am a howing potatoes                        
11 Wed South Clear I parished Green helped Charley               C. Bliss 1/2 day Paid .50      
12 Thurs South Cldy i helped Jones 1/4 Rained           {Wool 0.35          
13 Frid North Cldy i went to Wellsboro 1-2 helped Jones hay           {Blacksmith I. Sears 1.00 1.00 Charles 1/2 W. Jones .25 .25      
14 Sat North Clear i am a haying for Jones           {W. Roberts 1.50 1/2 day W. Jones .62 1.25     horse 1/2 25
15 Sun North Clear i am to home all day                        
16 Mon NE i Comenced haying today                   W. & Dave 3/4 Paid 1.87  
17 Tues South Cldy i am a haying today           Cole for Medsison 1.75     W. & Dave 3/4 .50 1.87 hors Mond 1/2 25
18 Wed South Cldy i got in 2 loads hey it rained           D Winney Church .75 .47         Tues 3/4 37 Sat 1 day 50
19 Thurs South Rain eye and Charley sawed some wood       J. Kimball for labor 13.00              
20 Fri South Cldy i am to home a cuting wood                        
21 Sat North i thought the rest of my grass                        
22 Sun South Clear myself and famley wind down to Broughtons                   W & Dave 1 day Paid 2.5 went down to Broughtons
23 Mon North Clear i am to work for Jones               C. Bliss 1/4 W. Jones Paid 2 horses W.& Dave Paid  
24 Tues North Clear i am to work for Jones               3/4 day W. Jones .93 1 .25     Kit 3/4 day
25 Wed North Clear i am to home to work for Jones               Charley Jones 1.25     Charley & Kit 1/2 day each
26 Thurs NE Clear i am to work for Jones               1day 1.25     Charley & Kit 1/2 day
27 Fri NE Cldy i went up to Antrim       At Antrim potatoes & egg 3.75     W. Jones 1 day 1.25      
28 Sat South Clear i went to Antrim       Antrim for potatoes 8.00 Burncroft for goods 19.87          
29 Sun South Clear went down to Sand Run                       we went down to Sand run
30 Mon South Clear i am to work for Maconell               H. McConnell 1 day Paid 1.25      
31 Tues   to Maconell               H. McConnell 1 day Paid 1.25      
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__August 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 Wed North Clear i went over to Evens1-2 am to home                       Lil to the Bull
2 Thurs North Clear i am a parish Grean my potatoes                        
3 Fri North Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro                        
4 Sat South Cldy i held Jake 1/2 day               J. Kimball Paid      
5 Sun NW Clear i went over to fathers               1/2 day 0.62     I was over to fathers
6 Mon NW Cldy i am a tinkering a round home                        
7 Tues South Clear i am a cutting my oats                        
8 Wed South Clear i am a cutting my oats                        
9 Thurs North Clear i am to work for Mills binding               S. Mills 3/4 day Paid 1.25      
10 Fri North Clear i finished cutting my oats                        
11 Sat South Cldy i am to home i drawed in oats       J. A. Kimball for labor 0.85 J. Sears for grocery 0.85          
12 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                        
13 Mon North Cldy i went to berring today                        
14 Tues North Clear i went to Antrim 1-2 helped Jake       At Antrim for eggs 1.50     J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid .75      
50 Wed North Clear i went to the city had compiney                       Virle Brenchtly was here West
16 Thurs South Clear i drawed in my oats helped Sam Mills               S. Mills 1/2 day Paid .63      
17 Fri South Clear i went to the round top                        
18 Sat South Clear i am to home 1-2 cradled for Ledlow 1-2       W.H. Duckworth 1pail butter 9.76              
19 Sun North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the meeting 1-2                        
20 Mon South Clear i am to home 1-2 Cradled for Ludlow                        
21 Tues South Cldy i Cradled for Ludlow 1-2 it rained 1-2                        
22 Wed North Cldy went to Wellsboro 1-2 went to the ball play 1-2                        
23 Thurs South Clear i am a binding oats for Ludlow               J. Ludlow 3/4 day Paid 1.00      
24 Fri South Clear i am a binding oats for Ludlow               J. Ludlow 1day Paid 1.25      
25 Sat North Clear i am to work for Ludlow's               J. Ludlow 1.25      
26 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                       Saids folks was here
27 Mon North Clear i went a Burey 1-2 drawed wood                        
28 Tues North Clear i am to work for Jake               J. Kimball 1day Paid 1.00      
29 Wed South Clear i am to work for Jake               J. Kimball 1day Paid 1.00      
30 Thur South i held Jake 1-2 went to Wellsboro the           J. Kimball shod Kit 0.60 J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid .50      
31 Fri South Clear i when to Antrim that the 1-2 it rained       at Antrim for eggs Apples 2.00              

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