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; MARSHAL-

LING FUNERAL AND OTHER PROCESSIONS; FORMS

FOR PETITIONS, REPORTS, ETC.

ALSO,

Odes, with Music, for Various Occasions.

EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OF THE EMBLEMS, ETC.

BY

REV. AARON B. GROSH,

P. G. IN LODGE no. 164, and P. C. P. IN ENCAMPMENT NO. 17 or NORTHERN NEW YORK.
LATE G. CONDUCTOR IN THE R. W. GRAND LODGE OF PENNA. AND

P. D. D. G. PATRIARCH OF THE R. W. GRAND ENCAMP-

MENT OF PENNA., BERKS DISTRICT.

PHILADELPHIA:

H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS.

OFFICE OF THE GRAND MASTER, R. W. GRAND LODGE of NORTH. N. YORK,

CITY OF UTICA, July 31st, 1852.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ne, That, reposing special confidence in the ability, discretion, and integrity
of our well-beloved brother, P. G. AARON B. GROSH, we do hereby grant him our per-
mission to publish a book he has written and entitled the "Odd-Fellow's Manual;"
being confident he would publish nothing therein contrary to the laws and usages of
the Order, derogatory to its dignity, or subversive of its welfare.

In witness whercof I have hereunto affixed my hand and the Seal of the Grand
Lodge of Northern New York, the day and year first above written.
(Signed,)
DEXTER GILLMORE,

Grand Master.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO.
PHILADELPHIA.

PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN.

ΤΟ

Henry S. Patterson, M.D.

Past Grand Master of the R. W. Grand Lodge of the
J. O. O. E. of Pennsylvania, and late Grand Re-
presentative from the same to the R. W.
Grand Lodge of the United States.

Dear Sir and Brother:

This book owes so much to your friendly aid and

you.

The

counsel, that it seems to claim a dedication to Fraternity you have so profitably served in various offices, and with so much ability, zeal, and courtesy, seem to ask it also. And my own heart, pleased at the opportunity for thus de claring my high esteem and affection for you as a man—an Odd. Fellow-a Christian, in private as in public life, responds to the justice of the claim. I therefore gratify an honest pride and in thus publicly subscribing myself,

in

dedicating it to

you,

Very gratefully,

Your much obliged

Friend and Brother,

A. B. Grosh.

Fort Plain, N. Y., June, 1852.

ENDORSEMENT OF THE MANUAL

BY THE GRAND REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE SESSION SEPTEMBER, 1852.

THE undersigned members of the Grand Lodge of the United States at its Annual Session, 1852, hereby recommend to the brethren at large, the Manual of Odd-Fellowship of Bro. P.G.A. B. Grosh, as a complete and faithful history of the Principles, Instructions, Work, and Organization of the order. It is full and accurate in its details, harmonious in conception and execution, and its instructions may be confidently relied upon as correct. It is a work that should be in the hands of every brother desirous of having an intelligent comprehension of Odd-Fellowship.