[Jeff Winston]

And Rawle knew before he ever left for England that his plan was to go to England, study, and then return to become a lawyer in Philadelphia. No matter which way the War went.

I will add, though, that this plan doesn't seem to have been entirely set in stone. I think Rawle did at least consider the possibility of staying in England and becoming a lawyer there if the opportunities were better in England.

They weren't, though.

[DiogenesLamp]

I will add, though, that this plan doesn't seem to have been entirely set in stone. I think Rawle did at least consider the possibility of staying in England and becoming a lawyer there if the opportunities were better in England.

The point you miss about Rawle, was that while he was away in England studying Blackstone, etc. The Rest of America was studying Vattel. Rawle MISSED that most important period when the ideas of Vattel were Dominating America.

United States Supreme Court:
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. MULTISTATE TAX COMMISSION et al.

Argued: Oct. 11, 1977.

Decided: Feb. 21, 1978.

The international jurist most widely cited in the first 50 years after the Revolution was Emmerich de Vattel.

Rawle Missed the Vattel lessons.

[DiogenesLamp]

Oh, and Jeff, That English Common law thing is not so cut and dried as you might think. According to THIS AUTHORITY, The Children of Foreigners born in England were NOT "natural born subjects" they were "Denizens." It explicitly says so.

From this book. (1726)

The Author "Giles Jacob" was quite the publisher of legal books.