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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 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 Sun South Clear i am to home all day       Butter & Eggs 2.18 R.Baley taxes            
2 Mon South Clear went to the Sumit 1-2 am to home One Cold $40     W. Strait One Cold 40.00 At Sumit Goods & flour 2.18          
3 Tue South Clear Cutting logs for Bowen               Bowen 1day Paid 1.50      
4 Wed South Clear i am a Cutting logs for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
5 Thur South Clear i am a Cutting logs for Bowen           {One Pad {Kit Shod 2.00 .30 Bowen 3/4 day 1.12      
6 Fri South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro           {Burncroft on account 10          
7 Sat North Rain Cut logs 1/4 of day and the home               Bowen 1/4 day Paid .37      
8 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day                       Birt & Allis was here
9 Mon South i am to home today                        
10 Tues East Clear i am the home today Sick                        
11 Wed East Clear i went to Antrim i am at home 1-2           at Antrim for Coal 0.88          
12 Thurs NE Cldy we all went to the fair           the fair at Wellsboro 1.00         We O3384all went to the fair
13 Fri SE Cldy i went to the Boro           at Wellsboro whiskey 0.50          
14 Sat South Rain i am to home                        
15 Sun South Cldy we went down to Broughton                       went down to Broughton
16 Mon South Cldy i am a Cutting logs for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
17 Tues South Rain i am to home all day                        
18 Wed North Cldy i am aCutting logs for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
19 Thurs NW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50 Cutting 0.38 Comenced Skiding
20 Fri South Rain i am a swamping for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
21 Sat NW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
22 Sun North Cldy i am to home all day                        
23 Mon South Clear i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
24 Tues South Cldy i am a skidding logs for Bowen       L. Bowen for labor 10.00     Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
25 Wed South Clear i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50 11 days    
26 Thur NW Cldy i and Said went to Mansfield fair           Mansfield 1 whip 1.00 1.00         I & Said went to Mansfield fair
27 Fri NW Cldy i went and got some lumber went to Antrim 1-2           Antrim 22ton Cole 1.92   16.49 H. Clark lumber Paid 1.63  
28 Sat North Cldy i dug potatoes 1-2 went to Wellsboro           Burncroft on account 19.00         Mager Brown shod Kit
29 Sun South i and Said Went down to Birts                       I & Said was to Birts
30 Mon South i finished diging my potatoes                        
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__October 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 South Rain i am to home today                        
2 Wed NW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1day Paid 1.50      
3 Thurs MW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1day Paid 1.50      
4 Fri South Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1day Paid 1.50      
5 Sat South Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1day Paid 1.50      
6 Sun North Cldy i am to work for Bowen                        
7 Mon NW Cldy drawed in Corn 1-2 helped Bowen 1-2               Bowen 1/2 day Paid .75      
8 Tues NW Cldy i am a Skiding logs for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
9 Wed NW Cldy i am working for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
10 Thur NW Cldy i am swamping for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
11 Fri NW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
12 Sat South Cldy i worked for Bowen 1-2 it rained           {Aminiton 1.05 Bowen 1/2 day Paid .75      
13 Sun North Clear i am to home all day       L. Bowen for labor 10.00       13.50     we are at home
14 Mon North Cldy i am to work for Bowen                        
15 Tues North Clear i am to work for Bowen           J. Rees 1 Gun 8.5 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
16 Wed North Clear i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
17 Thur North Cldy i am to work for Bowen               bowen 3/4 day Paid 1.12      
18 Fri NW i am to work for Bowen               1 day Paid 1.50      
19 Sat South Clear i am to home work for Bowen               1 day Paid 1.50      
20 Sun NE Clear we are to home all day               1 day Paid 1.50      
21 Mon NE Clear i am to work for Bowen                       we are to home
22 Tues NE Cldy i went to Antrim 1-2 went to_____1-2               Bowen 1day Paid 1.50      
23 Wed NE Cldy i am to work for Bowen                       it Snowed for the first
24 Thurs North Clear i went to Wellsboro       Antrim Butter 4.40 Rabb Haloc .50 .50 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
25 Fri North Clear i am to work for Bowen                        
26 Sat South Cldy i am to work for Bowen           Wellsboro for Articles 3.50 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
27 Sun NE Rain that he I am to work all day                 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50      
28 Mon NE Cldy i went to Wellsboro                        
29 Tues NE Clear i am to work for Bowen           {feed 1.55 31.87        
30 Wed SW Cldy i am to work for Bowen       I Hays for butter 1.54 {at Wellsboro For Articles 3.50 Bowen 1/2 day Paid 1.50      
31 Thurs South Cldy i work for Bowen 1-2 it rained               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.50     L. Housel died
                    Bowen 1 /2 day Paid .75 21 day 1/4    

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