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Oddfellows
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The name of several friendly societies. The Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, is the largest and most important of the number, its membership is over 665,000, and its funds amount to £8,000,000. It has been the pioneer in many important movements of the kind, several of the provisions now compulsory on all societies it observed of its own accord, prior to their enactment; the actuarial tables compiled from its statistics in 1845 by its secretary, Henry Radcliffe, are still a standard work. The Grand United Order of Oddfellows has a membership of 241,000, and funds amounting to £882,000; the National Independent Order of Oddfellows embraces 58,000 members, and has £242,000.
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Oddfellows'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/o/oddfellows.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Oddfellows'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/o/oddfellows.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
