The History of American Odd Fellowship The First Decade (Paperback)

1878. Compendious history of the fraternal order of Odd Fellows in America, with special focus on the decade of the 1820s, the first decade of its existence in the United States. Illustrated. Contents: Introduction; Washington Lodge, No. 1; John Boyd; G. Lodge of Md. and of the U.S.; John Welch; Grand Lodge of Maryland; Augustus Mathiot; Richard Marley; Grand Lodge of the United States; John Pawson Entwisle; Secret principle; Thomas Wildey; Degrees and encampment branch; Odd Fellowship in MA; Grand Lodge in MA; Odd Fellowship in NY; Odd Fellowship in PA; Grand Lodge in PA; District of Columbia; Theory of the degrees.