Manuscripts

Members' correspondence

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Description: Letters and receipts related to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Alameda, Sacramento, San Andreas, Diamond Spring, and Stockton, California. Includes a letter of resignation as Vice Grand of Charity Lodge No.6 from Benjamin P. Kooser (also includes notes on a ball to attract new members), a printed prospectus and receipt for the I.O.O.F. "Black Book" (1856), a letter about an Indiana member's wife who is searching for him in California, a printed circular asking for donations, a printed list of how many representatives each lodge is entitled to (1858), and a letter from C.A.E. Hertel detailing his illnesses and asking for sick benefits.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1856-1869.
Call number: mssHM 74309-74314
Creator: Independent Order of Odd Fellows(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Patterson, November 1964, January 1965.
Associated people: Deal, William G.,; Dodson, W. B. H.,; Hertel, C. A. E.,; Johnson, W. Rodgers,; Kooser, Benjamin P.,; Marquis, M. F.,
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Expulsion and rejection notices for members
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Two documents from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Michigan City, Charity Lodge No. 6. Includes a notice of the rejection of Kimball Raver's membership application (September 30, 1854) and a notice of the expulsion of A.J. Van Trump for contempt (April 14, 1855).
mssHM 73995-73996
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Membership materials and receipts
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Set of items related to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Charity Lodge No.6 in Stockton, California. Includes petitions for memberships, receipts of dues paid, and a list of members as of December 1856.
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Roll of Honor : Members of Gettys Lodge, No. 124, I.O.O.F., Who took part in the War, 1861--1865
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Montezuma Lodge, No. 1, I.O.O.F. Santa Fe, New Mexico : To the N.G., V.G., officers and members of Montezuma Lodge No. 1
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In memoriam : sermon and oration. Sermon preached by E.R. Craven, D.D., in the Third Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J., July 20, 1862, on occasion of the death of Col. I.M. Tucker, 2d Reg't N.J. Vols., who fell at the Battle of Gaines' Mills, before Richmond, June 27, 1862 : oration delivered by Bro. John Y. Foster, on invitation of Protection Lodge No. 28, I.O.O.F. in 3rd Pres. Church, Newark, N.J., July 29, 1862, in commemoration of the death of P.G. Representative Isaac M. Tucker, Col. 2d Reg't N.J. Vols., and a member of said Lodge
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Roll of Honor : Members of Gettys Lodge, No. 124, I.O.O.F., Who took part in the War, 1861--1865

Montezuma Lodge, No. 1, I.O.O.F. Santa Fe, New Mexico : To the N.G., V.G., officers and members of Montezuma Lodge No. 1