[DelaWhere]

Exactly! Diplomats were the reason for the wording.

[moehoward]

Exactly! Diplomats were the reason for the wording.

Senator Jacob Howard, co-author of the citizenship clause, does acknowledge the limitation, he also includes foreigners and aliens.

It is customary to put an "a" or a "the" (or "his" or "her" in connection with a King or Queen's subjects) before subject if one intends subject to be a noun.

"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and a subject to their jurisdiction"........

Wouldn't that infer persons in the U.S. were the subjects? Clearly not the intent.