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I'm still trying to understand what your point is, William. This thread had nothing to do with PHA, Oklahoma, or the MWPHGLofOK until you inserted your completely off-topic commentary.
I haven't read it (though I went ahead and added it to iBooks), but I can say from experience that some of the authors at that time (1915) can be very verbose and meander around a subject forever.
You might try skimming it to start, looking for interesting tidbits, before diving in head first.
Why do men fake being anything perceived to be "better" or more well-respected? Like a Marine, or a SEAL. I certainly don't have an answer, but that doesn't change the fact that he did it, knowingly. Perhaps for status, perhaps for profit (sell you a degree and a charter for 30k ;) )
I think jurisdictions are (rightly) upset when no one bothers to ask. "Oh, look, there are two GLs there, they won't mind another."
Yes, this is an over-simplification, but I think it germane. Remember that there were four GLs operating in the Colony of Massachusetts at the time Prince Hall was...
The doctrine of territorial exclusivity is almost exclusively an American idea, and in my opinion, a BS excuse to keep recognition from happening. Japan has seven GLs working harmoniously together, and many other countries are similarly situated.