Petition to a Masonic lodge at Stockbridge, 1777 June 25

Item Information

Title:
Petition to a Masonic lodge at Stockbridge, 1777 June 25
Description:
Petition to a Masonic lodge at Stockbridge. Dated June 25, 1777. In this letter, a group of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Freemasons request admission to the Masonic lodge located at Stockbridge. The unnamed lodge was presumably Berkshire Lodge, chartered March 8, 1777 and in existence until 1796.
Creator:
Freemasons
Contributor:
Bingham, Silas, 1726-1781
Contributor:
Bull, John
Contributor:
Cabeel, John
Contributor:
Porter, Peter
Date:
June 25, 1777
Format:
Documents
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
Selections from the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives
Subjects:
Freemasonry--Massachusetts
Freemasonry--Massachusetts--Stockbridge
Freemasons--Massachusetts
Freemasons--Massachusetts--Stockbridge
Freemasons--Membership
Stockbridge (Mass.)--History--18th century
Places:
Massachusetts > Berkshire (county) > Stockbridge
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts
MA 001.014
Identifier:
A1981/025/001