""Friendly Societies and Fraternal Orders: A History of the Legislation, Supervision, Mortality, Experience, Management, Reforms, Rates of Assessment"" is a book written by Abb Landis in 1900. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of friendly societies and fraternal orders in the United States, focusing on their legislation, supervision, mortality rates, management, and reforms. The author discusses the origins of these organizations and how they have evolved over time, highlighting the challenges they faced and the reforms they underwent. The book also examines the rates of assessment that these societies and orders charged their members and how they managed their finances.Throughout the book, Landis provides examples of specific societies and orders, their successes and failures, and their impact on the lives of their members. The author also discusses the role of government in regulating these organizations and ensuring their financial stability.Overall, ""Friendly Societies and Fraternal Orders"" provides a detailed and informative account of the history of these organizations, shedding light on their importance in American society and their contribution to the welfare of their members.And Present And Past Financial Condition Of The English Friendly Societies. In Two Parts.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.