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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 1889    
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 NW Clear Myself and famley went to Wellsboro                       Went to Wellsboro for photgrafs
2 Wed SW Cldy i went to Antrim 1-2 split wood       at Antrim For Apples 2.78              
3 Thurs South Clear i went to the mill       C. Sears Apples 0.50 C. Sears for tea 0.60          
4 Fri South Clear i am sawing wood for Jake               J. A. K. 1 day 1.00      
5 Sat East Cldy 1/2 day for Jake it Rained           L. Housel Cora Shoes 0.40 J. K. 1/2 day 0.40      
6 Sun East Rain it rained all day                        
7 Mon North Clear i Cut Some Shugar wood       D. Jones 1 peck onens 0.15              
8 Tues SW Clear i went to Antrim and cut wood       Antrim Apples potatoes 2.00     J. Anderson bush 1/2 potoes Paid 1.60      
9 Wed SW Clear i am to home a cutting wood                        
10 Thurs SW Clear i am to home a cutting wood                        
11 Fri SW Clear i am to home of cutting wood                        
12 Sat SW Clear i and Charley are a sawing wood                        
13 Sun South Clear we went to her folks                       Said & I went down to Broughtons
14 Mon East Clear i went to Wellsboro to the mill           Book Store fair Store .70 .25          
15 Tues South Clear i went out to to the mines           Sweed for Coal 0.87          
16 Wed South Cldy i went to Antrim 1-2 went to Wellsboro 1-2           {Burncroft on account 10.00          
17 Thurs South Clear i helped Jake saw wood       Antrim potatoes Apples 5.30 {E Hasten 0.75 J. Kimball 3/4 day 0.75      
18 Fri NE Clear i Sorted Apples 1-2 Cut Wood 1-2                       I put up Apples
19 Sat NE Clear i and Charley sawed wood                        
20 Sun South Cldy i am to home all day reading                        
21 Mon SW Cldy One Foot of snow this morning                        
22 Tues South Clear iam a drawing ice today                       I finished hauling the ice
23 Wed South Clear i am a hauling ice today           J. Davis for grocery 0.18     H. McConnell for ice 2.5  
24 Thurs South Cldy i went to ai went to Antrim with apples and potatoes       at Antrim apples & Eggs 5.25              
25 Fri SW Clear i got a load of sawdust 1-2 went to the funrel       H. McConnell ice tongs 1.25 H. McConnell for ice 2.25         Mrs.Dugibine lake buried
26 Sat South Clear i and Charley went to Antrim       Antrim Apples 3.30              
27 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day                        
28 Mon North Cldy i am to home went to Wellsboro 1-2           G. Welch drugs 2.25          
29 Tues North Cldy went to the city of Wellsboro           Max Burncroft Grocery 3.27          
30 Wed NW Cldy i am to work on the road               D. Evens 1 day 1.25      
31 Thurs   i am to work: For Bowen & Evens               E. Evens 1day 1.25      
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__February 1889    
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 Clear i am to home 1-2 went to Antrim 1-2           Magee & Co for Coal 1.20          
2 Sat South Clear i am pling logs for fields               F. Fields 1 day labor Paid 1.50      
3 Sun South Cldy i am to home all day                        
4 Mon South Clear i am a piling logs for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
5 Tues South Snow i worked for fields 1-2               H. Fields 1/2 day Paid .75      
6 Wed SW come home one day for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
7 Thurs SW Clear i am to work piling logs               H. Fields L. Peak 1.50 .75      
8 Fri South Cldy i am a piling logs for fields               H. Fields 1 day Paid 1.50      
9 Sat SW Clear i am to work for fields       H. Fields for labor 7.00              
10 Sun SW Clear myself and famleywent down to Broughtons               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50     We went down to Broughtons
11 Mon South Snow i am a roling logs were fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50     Lovina Kimball died
12 Tues SW Snow i am a piling logs for fields                        
13 Wed NW Cldy i went to futhenrel of Mrs. Kimball               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50     Lovina Kimball Buried
14 Thurs SW Clear i Am a Banking logs for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
15 Fri South Clear ii Am a Banking logs for fields           Magee for Coal 1.00 H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
16 Sat South Rain i work for fields 1-2 got a load of Cole                        
17 Sun North Clear i am to home all day                        
18 Mon North Cldy i am a Banking logs were fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
19 Tues North Cldy i am a Banking logs for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
20 Wed South Clear i am a Banking logs for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
21 Thurs South Cldy i am a Banking logs for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50      
22Fri South Clear i am a Banking for fields               H. Fields 1day Paid 1.50     the coldest day of winter
23 Sat North Clear i am to work for fields       W. Chapman Received in full 1.35             Eugene Claus & famley here
24 Sun South clear i am to home all day               H. Fields 1 day Paid 1.50      
25 Mon South Cldy i am to work for fields               H. Fields 1 day Paid 1.50      
26 Tues South Cldy i am to work for fields           Burncroft Blacksmith 8.56 1.76          
27 Wed South Cldy i went to the city of Wellsboro               H. Fields 1 day Paid 1.50      
28 Thurs South i am to work for H. Fields                        

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