[Cboldt]

-- I, too, would like to see the codified book of Natural Law that keeps getting cited. --

Blackstone would come pretty close to describing natural law (and the Declaration of Independence, too); but neither Blackstone nor the DoI were or are in any way binding law. They are historical curios.

[xzins]

I think most in that era looked to the Bible for their understanding of “endowed by their Creator”.