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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Diaries & Letters of Tri-Counties
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__November 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
1Sat South Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.00      
2 Sun South Cldy we went to Meeting                       went Meeting Baptised
3 Mon South i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.00      
4 Tues   i am to work for Bowen       L. Bowen for labor 10.00     Bowen 1/2 Paid .50      
5 Wed   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
6 Thurs   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
7 Fri   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
8 Sat   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 3/4 Paid .75      
9 Sun   i am to home all day                        
10 Mon   i worked for Bowen 3/4               Bowen 3/4 Paid .75      
11 Tues   i worked for Bowen 1/2               Bowen 1/2 Paid .50      
12 Wed   i worked for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
13 Thur   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
14 Fri   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
15 Sat   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
16 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                       Eugene & Mary was here
17 Mon South Rain i am to home today           Dr. Cole Medison 0.80          
18 Tues   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
19 Wed   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
20 Thurs   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
21 Fri   i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
22 Sat   i am to work for Bowen       L. Bowen for labor 10.00     Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
23 Sun   i am to home all day                        
24 Mon   i am to Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
25 Tues   i am to Bowens               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
26 Wed   i am to home Bowens               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
27 Thurs   i am to Bowens               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
28 Fri   i am to Bowens               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
29 Sat   i am to Bowens       L. Bowen for labor 5.00     Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
30 Sun   went over to the Sumit to meeting for                        
                             

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