THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY 1898

by ALBERT GALLATIN MACKEY

 

Albert Gallatin Mackey, 33, was a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and a graduate of the Medical College in Charleston. He was member of St. Andrews Lodge No. 10, afterwards affiliating with Solomon's Lodge No. 1 which he served as Master in 1842. Serving as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina from 1842 to 1867, he became a Knight Templar in South Carolina Encampment No. 1 in 1842, Commander in 1844, and later was made honorary Past Grand Warden of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States. In the Scottish Rite, he was crowned a Sovereign Grand Inspector General in 1844, and in that same year, he became Secretary General of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Southern Jurisdiction, a position he held under his death in 1881.

 

PART 1 - PREHISTORIC MASONRY

CHAPTER I - Tradition and History in Masonry
CHAPTER II - The Legendary History of Freemasonry
CHAPTER III - The Old Manuscripts
CHAPTER IV - The Legend of the Craft
CHAPTER V - The Halliwell Poem and the Legend
CHAPTER VI - The Origin of the Halliwell Poem
CHAPTER VII - The Legend, The Germ of History
CHAPTER VIII - The Origin of Geometry
CHAPTER IX - The Legend of Lamech's Sons and the Pillars
CHAPTER X - The Legend of Hermes
CHAPTER XI - The Tower of Babel
CHAPTER XII - The Legend of Nimrod
CHAPTER XIII - The Legend of Euclid
CHAPTER XIV - The Legend of the Temple
CHAPTER XV - The Extension of the Art into Other Countries
CHAPTER XVI - The Legend of Charles Martel and Namus Grecus
CHAPTER XVII - The Legend of St. Alban
CHAPTER XVIII - The York Legend
CHAPTER XIX - Summary of the Legend of the Craft
CHAPTER XX - The Andersonian Theory
CHAPTER XXI - The Prestonian Theory
CHAPTER XXII - The Hutchinson Theory
CHAPTER XXIII - The Oliverian Theory
CHAPTER XXIV - The Temple Legend
CHAPTER XXV - Legend of the Dionysiac Artificers
CHAPTER XXVI - Freemasonry and the Ancient Mysteries
CHAPTER XXVII - Druidism and Freemason
CHAPTER XXVIII - Freemasonry and the Crusades
CHAPTER XXIX - The Story of the Scottish Templars
CHAPTER XXX - Freemasonry and the House of Stuart
CHAPTER XXXI - The Jesuits in freemasonry
CHAPTER XXXII - Oliver Cromwell and freemasonry
CHAPTER XXXIII - The Royal Society and freemasonry
CHAPTER XXXIV - The Astrologers and the freemasons
CHAPTER XXXV - The Rosicrucians and the freemasons
CHAPTER XXXVI - The Rosicrucianism of the high degrees
CHAPTER XXXVII - The Pythagoreans and freemasonry
CHAPTER XXXVIII - Freemasonry and the Gnostics
CHAPTER XXXIX - The Socinians and freemasonry
CHAPTER XL - Freemasonry and the Essenes
CHAPTER XLI - The Legend of Enoch
CHAPTER XLII - Noah and the Noachites
CHAPTER XLIII - The Legend of Hiram Abif
CHAPTER XLIV - The Leland Manuscript

PART 2 - HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER I - Preliminary outlook
CHAPTER II - The Roman Colleges of Artificers
CHAPTER III - Growth of the Roman Colleges
CHAPTER IV - The first link: Settlement of Roman Colleges
CHAPTER V - Early Masonry in France
CHAPTER VI - Early Masonry in Britain
CHAPTER VII - Masonry among the Anglo-Saxons
CHAPTER VIII - The Anglo-Saxon Guilds
CHAPTER IX - The Early English Masonic Guilds To
CHAPTER X - The London Companies and the Masons' Company
CHAPTER XI - The General Assemblies and the Lodges of Medieval Masons
CHAPTER XII - The Harleian Manuscript as a Germ of History
CHAPTER XIII - Early Masonry in Scotland
CHAPTER XIV - Customs of the Scottish Masons of the 17th Century
CHAPTER XV - The French Guilds of the Middle Ages
CHAPTER XVI - The Traveling Freemasons of Lombardy or the Masters of Como
CHAPTER XVII - The Stonemasons of Germany
CHAPTER XVIII - The Cathedral of Strasburg and the Stonemasons of Germany
CHAPTER XIX - The Cathedral of Cologne and the Stonemasons of Germany
CHAPTER XX - Customs of the German Stonemasons
CHAPTER XXI - The Secrets of the Medieval Masons
CHAPTER XXII - Gothic Architecture and the Freemasons
CHAPTER XXIII - Two Classes of Workmen, or the Freemasons and the Rough Masons
CHAPTER XXIV - Masons' Marks
CHAPTER XXV - The Mark Degree
CHAPTER XXVI - Transition from Operative to Speculative Freemasonry
CHAPTER XXVII - The Remote Causes of the Transition
CHAPTER XXVIII - The Way Prepared for the Transition
CHAPTER XXIX - Organization of the Grand Lodge of England
CHAPTER XXX - Was the Organization of the Grand Lodge in 17I7 a Revival?
CHAPTER XXXI - The early years of Speculative Freemasonry in England
CHAPTER XXXII - The Early Ritual of Speculative Freemasonry
CHAPTER XXXIII - The One Degree of Operative Freemasons
CHAPTER XXXIV - Invention of the Fellow-Craft's Degree
CHAPTER XXXV - Non-Existence of a Master Mason's Degree among the Operative Freemasons
CHAPTER XXXVI - The Invention of the Third or Master Mason's Degree
CHAPTER XXXVII - The Death of Operative and the Birth of Speculative Freemasonry
CHAPTER XXXVIII - Introduction of Speculative Freemasonry into France
CHAPTER XXXIX - The Grand Lodge of All England, or the Grand Lodge of York
CHAPTER XL - Organization of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
CHAPTER XLI - The Atholl Grand Lodge, or the Grand Lodge of England According to the old Institutions
CHAPTER XLII - The Grand Lodge of England, South of The Trent; or the Schism of the Lodge of Antiquity
CHAPTER XLIII - The Union of The Two Grand Lodges of England
CHAPTER XLIV - The Grand Lodge of France
CHAPTER XLV - Origin of the Grand Orient of France
CHAPTER XLVI - Introduction of Freemasonry into The North American Colonies
CHAPTER XLVII - The Early Grand Lodge Warrants
CHAPTER XLVIII - Origin of The Royal Arch
CHAPTER XLIX - The Introduction of Royal Arch Masonry into America
CHAPTER L - The General Grand CHAPTER of The United States
CHAPTER LI - General History of Christian Knighthood
CHAPTER LII - The Introduction of Knight Templarism into America
CHAPTER LIII - The General Grand Encampment of Knights Templars in the United States
CHAPTER LIV - History of The Introduction of Freemasonry into each state and Territory of the
United States, The First Lodges and the Grand Lodges

CHAPTER LV - The First Lodges and the Grand Lodges (Continued)
CHAPTER LVI - Royal Arch Masonry
CHAPTER LVII - The Cryptic Degrees
CHAPTER LVIII - History of the Grand and Subordinate Commanderies in the several States and Territories of the United States
CHAPTER LIX - History of Colored Masonry in the United States
CHAPTER LX - The Anti-Masonic Excitement

PART 3 - SYMBOLISM OF NUMBERS

SYMBOLISM OF NUMBERS

PART 4 - LEGENDS AND SYMBOLS

LEGENDS AND SYMBOLS IN THE SEVERAL DEGREES

PART 5 - A.A.S.R.

CHAPTER I - The Early History of the Scottish Rite
CHAPTER II - The Original Supreme Council
CHAPTER III - The Scottish Rite in the United States
CHAPTER IV - Royal Order of Scotland

PART 6 - FREEMASONRY IN OTHER COUNTRIES

CHAPTER I - Freemasonry in Canada
CHAPTER II - Mexico
CHAPTER III - Cuba and Porto Rico
CHAPTER IV - Freemasonry in Asia
CHAPTER V - Australasia