title: Society of Prosperity
text: # Society of Prosperity
  
  The Society for encouraging prosperity, especially among rural people (Maatschappij tot bevordering van Welstand, voornamelijk onder landlieden), later shortened to Society of Prosperity (Maatschappij van Welstand), was a Dutch organisation set up in 1822 by Jacob van Heusden, from Hilvarenbeek.
  
  