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See EMER DE VATTEL, THE LAW OF NATIONS OR PRINCIPLES OF THE APPLIED CONDUCT
AND AFFAIRS OF NATIONS AND SOVEREIGNS (New York, Messrs. Berry and Rogers, no. 35,
Hanover-Square 1787).

For Vattel’s influence on the Founding Fathers, see BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN, MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 297 (1834);

Andrew Lenner, Separate Spheres:
Republicanism Constitutionalism in the Federalist Era, 41 AM. J. LEGAL HIST. 254, 259
(1997); James H. Kettner, The Development of American Citizenship in the Revolutionary
Era: The Idea of Volitional Allegiance, 18 AM. J. LEGAL HIST. 208, 219 (1974); Andrew C.
Lenner, John Taylor and the Origins of American Federalism, 17 J. EARLY REPUBLIC 399,
406, 408, 411 (1997); JAMES H. KETTNER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP,
1608-1870, at 188 (1978); PETER & NICHOLAS ONUF, FEDERAL UNION, MODERN WORLD: THE
LAW OF NATIONS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION, 1776-1814, at 123-44 (1993) [hereinafter ONUF,
FEDERAL UNION, MODERN WORLD].
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Vattel was "Celebrated" in North Carolina in 1764!, nearly a quarter of a century prior to the Constitution being written. Clearly, Vattel was well read and respected across the colonies well in advance of not only the Constitution...but the Declaration of Independence as well!

The North Carolina Magazine or Universal Intelligencer 1764-09-07

James Davis (the original link to the PDF at www.ncpress.com was removed sometime between the time I viewed it last Friday (2/25/11), to today, Monday (2/28/11)).

 

Note: Currently unable to locate the continuation, searching up to the first few editions of 1765.