Berkshire1
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BERKSHIRE LODGE
Location: Stockbridge
Chartered By: Joseph Webb
Charter Date: 03/08/1777 I-258
Precedence Date: 03/08/1777
Current Status: unknown; historical note 1920-233. History Page 1977-16ff. Note also reference to Berkshire's regalia, sold to Cincinnatus Lodge in 1796, mentioned in the centenary history, 1896-188.
YEARS
1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1796
1896 1920 1935 1957 1968 1977 2007
HISTORY
From Proceedings, Page 1886-83, cornerstone laying at Hampshire County Courthouse, address of Grand Master:
"The first Lodge in Western Massachusetts was chartered by the Massachusetts Grand Lodge (of which Joseph Warren was the first Grand Master), March 8, 1777. It was named Berkshire Lodge, No. 5, and was located at Stockbridge, Mass.
