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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_ September 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 Mon North Clear i Greased my harness                        
2 Tue SW Clear i greased harness 1-2 helped Jake 1-2               J. Kimball 1/2day Paid .50      
3 Wed SW Clear i helped Jake draw oats               1 day Paid 1.00      
4 Thurs SW Clear i and Said went to the fair       J. Kimball for labor 1.50              
5 Fri NW Clear i went to the fair                       Birt Sheldon troted 2.25
6Sat South Clear i went a Bering                       George and Carrie was here
7 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                       Hur folks was here
8 Mon North Cldy i am a Cutting Buckwheat                        
9 Tues NE Rain i was to Bareun today                        
10 Wed NE Rain i am to home all day       {Sears for eggs 0.62              
11 Thur South Rain i am to home 1-2 went to Wellsboro       {Duckworth for butter 9.18 Wellsboro Grocery 1.75          
12 Fri South Rain i went down to the round top           J. Thomson taxes 13.25          
13 Sat South Cldy i am to home Bound Buckwheat                        
14 Sun South Clear i am to home all day                        
15 Mon South to work for bowen 3/4               Bowen 3/4 Paid      
16 Tues South Bowen 3/4 day went to Boro           J. English 1 Bu Grape .18 .40 Bowen 1/4 Paid      
17 Wed North Clear i am a Sawing logs for Bowen                        
18 Thurs North clear That i am a Sawing logs for Bowen                        
19 Fri North Cldy i am a Sawing logs for Bowen                        
20 Sat North i and Said went to town           Bois 1 Shoes 1.10          
21 Sun North i went to meeting 1-2 went down to Broughtons                        
22 Mon   i Sawed wood 1/2 day                        
23 Tues   i Sawed wood 1/2 day                        
24 Wed   i drawed in my buckwheat                        
25 Thurs   we all went to the fair                        
26 Fri Rain i am to home all day                        
27 Sat   i am to home 1-2 went to the Sumut                        
28 Sun North clear That went down to little Jakes                       W to little Jakes
29 Mon South Clear i and Charley dug potatoes                        
30 Tues South i helped Chapman 1-2 helped Charley and 1-2               Chapman Bliss .50 .50      
                             
Diary of EVENTS, &c., FOR THE MONTH OF__October 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 dug potatoes 1-2 thrashed my Grain 1-2           Blake thrashing 3.00     D. Jones Bored Paid 3.00  
2 Thurs South Cldy diging potatoes for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.00      
3 Fri South Cldy i Cut Corn For Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
4 Sat NW Clear i am a helping Bowen draw bark               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
5 Sun NE Clear i am to home all day       {Butter   {Haloe            
6 Mon NE Rain i went over to the Sumet       {Haloe {Butter 2.14 9.90 {Grocerys 2.54          
7 Tues South Cldy i am a Barking for Bowen           D. Jones Bored money 3.00 Bowen 1 day Paid 1.00      
8 Wed SW Clear finished Barking Sawed logs 1-2       L. Bowen for labor 5.00     Bowen 1 day Paid 1.00      
9 Thurs NE we are a diging potatoes                        
10 Fri South Clear i and Charley are diging potatoes                        
11 Sat South went to Wellsboro 1-2 drawed and my Corn                        
12 Sun South i am to home all day                       Oval Comenced meetings
13 Mon South Cldy i helped Hon thrash Geathered Apples               H. McConnell 1/2 day Paid .50      
14 Tues                            
15 Wed                            
16 Thur                            
17 Fri                            
18 Sat                            
19 Sun                            
20 Mon                            
21 Tues South i am the home went to Sumit                        
22 Wed South Clear i am a Skiding logs for Bowen               Bowen 1 day Paid 1.00      
23 Thurs SE Rain i worked 1/4 day               Bowen 1/4 Paid .25      
24 Fri                            
25 Sat Rain i am to home                        
26 Sun   i and Said went to church                        
27 Mon N Cldy i am a Skiding logs for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
28 Tues NW Cldy i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      
29 Wed South Rain i worked 1-2 come home               Bowen 1/2 Paid .50      
30 Thur South i worked for Bowen               Bowen 3/4 Paid .75      
31 Fri South i am to work for Bowen               Bowen 1 Paid 1.00      

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