[ODD FELLOWS] Journal of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Maryland, From 1857 to 1859

[ODD FELLOWS] Journal of the Proceedings of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Maryland, I. O. O. F. From 1857 to 1859 inclusive. Baltimore: Printed by P. G. James Young, 1859. First Edition. [10870]

Half leather with marbled boards, worn with cracked joints, both spine ends chipped, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, red and black spine title labels. Pencil inscription on ffep: "Presented to Joseph Kidder by J. B. Escavaille, G. Sec. G. L. Ma., Baltimore, Md, Sept 23, 1859." 551 clean pp., plus Index; the Index is incomplete and taken from a different volume, for its page numbers are [85]-96. Text block is tight. Good. Hardcover.

Reports of Grand Lodge meetings and information on the individual Lodges of the Odd Fellows in Maryland. Hundreds of names are mentioned in this record.

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded in Baltimore in 1819 and was based on the organization of the same name in England.