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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__September 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 Sat South Cldy i am to home 1-2 help Jake 1-2               J. Kimball 1/2 day Paid 1.00      
2 Sun South Clear i and funley went over To Genes                       we went over to Eugene's
3 Mon South Clear i am to work for Jake               J. Kimball 1day Paid 1.00      
4 Tues South Clear i am to home Cut Some Buckwheat       W. H. Duckworth                
5 Wed North clear i am a Cutting logs for Jake       1 pail But 9.87              
6 Thur NE Clear i am a Cutting my buckwheat                        
7 Fri South Cldy i finished Cutting My Buckwheat                        
8Sat South Rain i am to home 1-2 when to Wellsboro                       at home all-day
9 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                        
10 Mon South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro                        
11 Tues South Clear i went to the round top                       D. H. Tomson Died
12 Wed South Clear i cut wood 1-2 cut corn 1-2                       Lindy died this morning
13 Thurs North Clear i andLine & Charley went to the fair                        
14 Fri North Clear Myself and famley was out to English                       Lindy English was buried
15 Sat South Cldy was to the funrel of Lievelindy                        
16 Sun South Rain it rained all day today       J. A. Kimball for labor 5.00              
17 Mon South Rain i draw wood 1-2 it rained               J. Kimball 1/2 day 0.50      
18 Tues South Clear i am to home 1-2 Cut Buckwheat 1-2               J. Kimball 1/2 day 0.50      
1 9 Wed South Clear i Cut Buckwheat 1-2 went to the raison 1-2               Dave Jones Paid .50      
20 Thurs South Cldy i went to Antrim 1-2 helped Dave                        
21 Fri South Cldy i went to Antrim 1-2 help Dave               Jake 1/4 of day 0.50      
22 Sat NE Cldy i drawed manure helped Jake                        
23 Sun South Clear i am to home all day Mary and Net               J. Kimball 1/2 day 0.50     Birt & All was here
24 Mon North Clear i cut wood 1-2 Cut Corn for Jake               J. Kimble 1/2 d 0.50 J. Kimble 1 ruster Paid .50  
25 Tues NE Clear i come from the howll Cut Corn for Jake                        
26 Wed NE Clear i am to home 1-2 went over to fathers                       George Bliss & wife J.Grehel & wife
27 Thurs SW Cldy i and Said went up to the Mansfield fair                       Said & I went to Mansfield fair
28 Fri NE Cldy i am a drawing in my buckwheat                        
29 Sat NW i dug potatoes 1-2 went to Wellsboro       W H Duckworth Butter 9.00         J. Kimball for lumber Paid 1.17 I went to the Mass Meeting
30 Sun NE Snow i am to home 1-2 went to the meeting                       J. Smith has last sermon
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__October 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 Mon North Clear i am to home drawed pumpkins                        
2 Tues North Cld i went to Antrim 1-2 layed                        
3 Wed North went to Wellsboro 1-2 help Jake 1-2               J. Kimble 1/2 0.50      
4 Thur South Cldy i and Charley are diging potatoes                        
5 Fri South Cldy i am a digging potatoes today                   H. McConnell 1day Paid 1.00  
6 Sat SE Rain i am a laying a round today                       It rained all day
7 Sun NW Rain i am to home father & mother are here                       Father & mother was here
8 Mon North Rain i am to home went to the round top 1-2                        
9 Tues North went to Wellsboro 1-2 picked apples           H. Varner            
10 Wedn North Cldy i finished diging my potatoes           horse shod the 0.75          
11 Thurs North Clear i finished diging Drawed in Some Corn                        
12 Fri NE Rain i husked Corn today                        
13 Sat NE Rain i went to the round top 1-2 am to home 1-2           Dwinery 1 Shoe Set 0.10          
14 Sun NE Rain i am to home all-day                        
15 Mon North Cldy i am a picking Apples                        
16 Tues South Cldy i am a husking corn                        
17 Wed NW Clear i am a husking corn today       Apples 1.60 D. Evens 5 Barls 0.5          
18 Thurs South Cldy went to Antrim 1-2 Geatered Apples       W. Forest Butter 8.42 Marvin for beef 0.75          
19 Fri South Rain thrashed C. Kimball and Jake                       I
20 Sat North Sun i trashed today Jones trashed           F. Peake thrash Bill 3.50          
21 Sun North Cold i am to home all day                       Charlie Rolends died Eleven
22 Mon SE thrashed for Erway drawed my corn in               C. Peake 1/2 0.50      
23 Tuesd South Cldy i went to the funrel of Rowlends                       Charley Rolends was Burried
24 Wed NW Cldy i cut wood 1/2 day Geathered Apples                        
25 Thurs South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro                        
26 Fri South Cldy i took my apples to Edward Sides                        
27 Sat South i finished husking corn                        
28 Sun South Rain i am to home all day     J to go                  
29 Mon North Cldy i cut wood 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2                        
30 Tues South Clear i am a cutting logs for Jake               J. Kimball 1day 1.00     Mrs.Meaching was Buried
31 Wed South Clear i am a cutting logs for Jake               J. Kimball 1day 1.00      

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