The term “natural born citizen” was used by John Adams in proposed drafts of the Treaty of Paris circa 1783.
The term “natural born citizen” was used by John Adams in proposed drafts of the Treaty of Paris circa 1783.
Perhaps you could provide a link to these elusive "drafts of the Treaty of Paris circa 1783."
What remains is that the free, sovereign and independent pre-Constitution State of Maryland in a statute stated, "the marquis de la Fayette, and his heirs male for ever, shall be, and they and each of them are hereby deemed, adjudged, and taken to be, natural born citizens of this state, and shall henceforth be entitled to all the immunities, rights and privileges, of natural born citizens thereof...."
I provided link, cite, and quote of a statute giving natural born citizenship to Layfayette who had zero American parents.