CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, OF CROGHAN LODGE, NO. 77, OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FELLOWS, IN OHIO: INSTITUTED 1846.
Tiffin, Ohio: John G. Breslin, Printer, 1847. 4" x 5.5" in original plain wrappers [with presentation inscription "by Croghan Lodge"]. Stitched. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Wraps lightly worn, else Near Fine.
With a Form of Petition for membership in the Lodge. The applicant "has examined your Constitution and By Laws, and is ready and willing to yield obedience thereto." Included are the first printings of this Lodge's founding documents.
The Lodge was named after Joseph Croghan, who in 1763 "was sent to the West to learn the disposition of the Indian inhabitants, and secure, if possible their adhesion to the English interest and thus to prevent the recurrence of Indian war" [Thomson 285].
FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Thomson, Eberstadt, Decker, OCLC, NUC, AAS online, or the Morgan Collection as of September 2023. Item #18201
Price: $375.00