MABerkshires8 1803-20
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DISTRICT 8: BERKSHIRES
The Berkshires 8th District was established at the end of 1801 to cover the western part of Massachusetts. It is unclear whether there were District Deputy Grand Masters in 1802.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
- Caleb Hyde, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807
- Robert Walker, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812
- John Whiting, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820
LODGES
- Friendship (Williamstown, 1785)
- Franklin (Cheshire, 1794)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Cincinnatus (New Marlborough, 1795) (Great Barrington after 1804)
- Sincerity (Partridgefield, 1801)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Sheffield (Sheffield, 1803)
Added 1815:
- Orion (Cummington, 1815)
SUCCESSOR DISTRICT
Lodges were assigned to the 8th District in 1821.