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The Odd-fellow's Manual: Illustrating the History, Principles, and Government of the Order, and the Instructions and Duties of Every Degree, Station, and Office in Odd-fellowship; with Directions for Laying Corner-stones; Dedicating Cemeteries, Chapels, Halls, and Other Public Edifices; Marshalling Funeral and Other Processions; Forms for Petitions, Reports, Etc., Also, Odes, with Music, for Various Occasions ...

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Aaron Burt Grosh

H. C. Peck & T. Bliss, 1853 - 384 pages

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Contents

PART FIRST	13

History of the Order 13	37

Objections and Inquiries Answered	52

Our Government Principles c	70

Application and Admission	88

Of Initiation	97

Of the First or White Degree	112

Of the Second or Covenant Degree	120

Of the Elective Officers	231

Of Degree Lodges Committees and their	253

Of Past Official Degrees	257

Of the Patriarchal Degree	271

Of the GoldenRule Degree	279

Of the Royal Purple Degree	291

Of Grand Encampments	303

Of State Grand Lodges	312

Of the Third or Royal Blue Degree	137

Of the Fourth or Remembrance Degree	146

Of the Fifth or Scarlet Degree	159

Of the Degree of Rebekah	170

Of the Subordinate Lodge	179

Duties and Deportment of OddFellows	195

Of Committees and CommitteeMen	208

Of the Appointed Officers	224

Of Districts their Committees and Officers	320

Of the Grand Lodge of the United States	330

Miscellaneous	337

OF PUBLIC CEREMONIALS OF THE ORDER	341

Laying the Cornerstone of a Church or other	348

Dedication of an O F Cemetery or Buriallot	360

APPENDIX	369

APPENDIX	378

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Title	The Odd-fellow's Manual: Illustrating the History, Principles, and Government of the Order, and the Instructions and Duties of Every Degree, Station, and Office in Odd-fellowship; with Directions for Laying Corner-stones; Dedicating Cemeteries, Chapels, Halls, and Other Public Edifices ...
Author	Aaron Burt Grosh
Publisher	H. C. Peck & T. Bliss, 1853
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	2 Oct 2007
Length	384 pages

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