Type of mutual aid society of Jewish immigrants

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A sailor, proposed as a member of a society in which masks are worn at meetings, makes enquiries to its chairman using nautical vocabulary. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.

A sick man in a bed, receiving support from members of his friendly society. Engraving and letterpress, 1800.

Members of the Noble Order of Bucks drinking and smoking. Engraving and etching, c. 1756.

Members of a friendly society compensating one of its members for ill-health. Pen and ink and watercolour, c. 1807.

Birmingham Provident Dispensary (Hockley Branch)

State of the Benevolent Medical Society, for the relief of the widows & orphans of medical men, in Essex and Hertfordshire.

Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

Mules and Burnard, general practitioners, Ilminster, Somerset

The friendly societies in England, 1815-1875 / [P.H.J.H. Gosden].

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Fraternal organizations

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Birmingham Provident Dispensary (Hockley Branch)

State of the Benevolent Medical Society, for the relief of the widows & orphans of medical men, in Essex and Hertfordshire.

Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

Mules and Burnard, general practitioners, Ilminster, Somerset

The friendly societies in England, 1815-1875 / [P.H.J.H. Gosden].

Fraternal organizations

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Works from the collections

Birmingham Provident Dispensary (Hockley Branch)

State of the Benevolent Medical Society, for the relief of the widows & orphans of medical men, in Essex and Hertfordshire.

Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

Mules and Burnard, general practitioners, Ilminster, Somerset

The friendly societies in England, 1815-1875 / [P.H.J.H. Gosden].

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