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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 1890___
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 South Clear i am Luis went down to Broughton           {J. Evens {Fallbrook Cle .94 .60          
2 Thurs South Cldy Said is to home tonight           {Coal Company 1.15         Said O3534is Home Today
3 Fri North Clear i took Said down-home           {for cole 1.45         Took Said down to Broughtons
4 Sat NE Clear i and Charley Sawed wood                        
5 Sun South Rain i am to home all day                        
6 Mon South Cldy i am to work for Charley               C. Bliss 3/4 day Paid .75      
7 Tues NW Cldy i am a skiding logs for Broughton               J. Bauckus 1/4 day 0.25      
8 Wed NW Cldy i am to home 1-2 Sawed for Banckus               J. Bauckus 1 day 1.00      
9 Thurs NW Cldy i am a selling wood for Banckus               J. Bauckus 1 day 1.00      
10Fri South Cldy i am a selling wood for Banckus                        
11 Sat South Rain i am to home all day                       We was down to Broughtons
12 Sun South Cldy we went down to Broughtons               D. Jones 1/2 day Paid .50      
13 Mon SW Cldy i am to home 1-2 helped Dave 1-2                        
14 Tues South Clear i am a cutting Shugar wood           G. Robb Shoemaking 0.35          
15 Wed South Rain i went to Rabb1-2 am to home 1-2                   and at    
16 Thur NW Cldy i took Said down-home       M. Burncroft 7 dos Eggs 1.24 Burncroft Shugar Sears tea .55 .25     Broughton for goods 0.75  
17 Fri NW Clear i went to Wellsboro 1-2 am to home 1-2               D. Jones Paid .50      
18 Sat South Clear i Cut shugar Wood 1-2 helped Dave 1-2                       Sarah Jane is down home
19 Sun South Clear i am to home today                        
20 Mon NW Clear i am to home a Cutting Shugar wood       J. A. Kimball 1/2 day 0.50              
21 Tues NW Clear i am to home 1-2 helped Jake                       Got the Grip
22 Wed East Clear i am to home all day                        
23 Thurs South Snow i am to home all day                        
24 Fri South Clear i am to home Got the Grip                        
25 Sat South Clear i am to home laying around                        
26 Sun South i am to home all day           G. Robb Shoemaking 0.25          
27 Mon South Cldy i was over to Robb1-2 am to home                        
28 Tues North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to Antrim       Burncroft 4 1/2 dos 0.72 Articles Kit Shod .60 .60          
29 Wed South Clear i went to the city of Wellsboro               Broughton 1/2 day Paid .50      
30 Thurs South Cldy i helped Broughton 1-2               Broughton 3/4 day 0.75      
31 Fri South i sawed wood for Broughton                        
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__February 1890
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 East Cld i am a home today                       OtisEvens broke his leg
2 Sun South Storm i am to home all day                        
3 Mon SW Clear i am to home a tinkering                        
4 Tues South Rain i went down to the round top           E. Close Broom Gu 0.15          
5 Wed North Clear i am to home all day                       I hiched Jim up
6 Thurs South Cldy i am to home all day                        
7 Fri South Snow i went to the round top                        
8 Sat NW Snow i am to home all day                       Snow is 4 in deep and snowing
9 Sun North Clear we all went down home                       Went down to Broughtons
10 Mon South Clear i went to Antrim           Fallbrook Co for coal 1.00          
11 Tues South Clear i went to Antrim 1-2 Banked logs 1-2           Fallbrook Co for coal 0.97 H. Fields 1/2 day Paid .75      
12 Wed North Clear i banked logs 1-2 Got some pine               H. Fields 1/2 day Paid .75      
13 Thurs South Clear i & Said went down to Sand Run                       I & Said went to Sand Run
14 Fri South Rain i am to home all day                        
15 Sat North Clear i am to home 1-2 went to the funrel                       Charles Coolidge burried today
16 Sun South Clear i went over to father today                       went over to fathers
17 Mon South Cldy i and Chet sawed wood                   J. Kimball 1 day labor Paid 1.00  
18 Tues South Clear i went to town Election       Burncroft 10 dos Eggs Wellsboro for articles 1.10           I went down to election
19 Wed North Cldy i am a selling props for Chapman             J. Chapman 1 day Paid 1.00       Mrs. A. Hart funrel today
20 Thurs North Cldy i am to home i drawed wood                        
21 Fri North Cldy i am a driving my colt         C. Walker Blacksmith 0.30            
22 Sat SW i am a banking logs for fields             H. Fields 1 day Paid 1.50       Joseph Shunway died
23 Sun South i am to home all day                        
24 Mon South Cldy i was over to Robb1-2 am to home         G. Robb taped Boots 0.60           J. Shumway wasburied
25 Tues South Rain i drawed Buckets taped my Bush                        
26 Wed South Clear i am to home i taped my Bush                        
27 Thurs South Cldy i fixed my Arch 1-2 Comenced Boiling                        
28 Fri South Cldy i am a Boiling Sap                       Feched in 3 pails serup

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