Author: W. W. Wallace Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781021797834 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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A history of the Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization founded in 19th-century America that provided financial and social support to its members. Wallace's work offers a detailed account of the organization's origins, rituals, and role in American society. He also provides an overview of the lives of some of the prominent figures associated with the Odd Fellows. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of fraternal organizations in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: W. W. Wallace Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331380804 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 342
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Excerpt from The Odd-Fellows' Keepsake: A Concise History of Odd-Fellowship in the United States: Also a History of the Order in the State of New York; To Which Is Added, the Statistics of Grand and Subordinate Lodges in the Respective Jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge of the United States The author has not the presumption to suppose that his book is faultless, or the vanity to imagine it to be superior to any other that might have been prepared and published. That it will please and profit all that peruse it, he does not expect; but that it may give no good ground, to Offend or injure is his sincere desire and has been his aim. He does not claim for it originality Of thought, or issue it' asa learned or superior work, but simply presents it as a work embracing what is promised in the title - page, and therefore useful in these respects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Ontario Publisher: [Ontario] : The Grand Lodge of Ontario, I.O.O.F. ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 106