Talk:Albert Mackey

Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry

Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry was an extension of his 1845 Lexicon of Freemasonry. First published in 1873 as a single A-Z volume in 1873, the second edition was also published as a single A-Z volume in 1878. It was first published as two volumes in 1912 after Mackey's death when it was revised by Edward L. Hawkins and William J. Hughan. Dickie birdie (talk) 10:44, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

So what you're saying is that Mackey was indeed credited as the author of a two-volume Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (as stated in the article), and that only the date is incorrect? Then why, in your edit summary where you changed it, "There never was any Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Freemasonry by Mackey. It was never published in two volumes. I have the earliest editions". You can't have it both ways, and this is why we don't reply on personal beliefs or knowledge to support edits here. MSJapan (talk) 16:11, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

The 1896 edition of Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, revised by Charles T. McClenachan, was still a single A-Z volume []

Then we need to update the bibliography section to deal with the further editions. MSJapan (talk) 21:58, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

It's a substantial list. Mackey's Encyclopaedia has been revised many times Dickie birdie (talk) 22:32, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Gould's History of Freemasonry is another example Dickie birdie (talk) 22:37, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, then I will simply take what WorldCat gives me and go from there. MSJapan (talk) 23:30, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Publication dates

Just noticed something in our list of Mackey's publications... two of them appear to have been published posthumously (The Symbolism of Freemasonry, which we say was published in 1882... and The History of Freemasonry: It's Legends and Traditions, which we say was published in 1906). Is this accurate? ... or are we listing one or both under the publication date of a later edition? Blueboar (talk) 11:15, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

I don't know; apparently the recent discussion indicates there's a fair bit of expansion and revision to his works. I'm actually going to go pull a Worldcat listing now. MSJapan (talk) 16:16, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

I think we need to spin out a biblio article - there are hundreds of hits. MSJapan (talk) 16:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Cabalistic studies

The article said he was enrolled in Cabalistic studies, but Cabalistic links to the wiki page for Cabal, when it should link to Kabbalah 2601:347:8080:41E0:EC69:598C:6F93:B056 (talk) 17:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

self-replicating, or ??

do we know anything about Mrs. Mackey? even Edmund's page makes no mention of a mother and simply lists Albert under "parents." would love to have even a first name here. Orionescher (talk) 03:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Ancestry offers "Sarah Pamela (née Hubbell)" b. 1818 in SC, d. 1883. she's worth naming. Orionescher (talk) 03:14, 4 February 2026 (UTC)