I got on my soapbox so quickly that I forgot! LOL!
I meant to ask about the relevance of citing equivalencies to British subjects to make natural-born citizen a like term.
I guess I answered my own question without ever asking the question.
But since the comparison was being made to England, I thought that Paine's thoughts on the matter were interesting, given that I've not seen them mentioned on any of the eligibility threads that talk about what the Framers knew or didn't know about the writings on the matter.
Paine seems to indicate that a "full natural... connection with the country" was not the same thing as a "half-foreigner." If he wrote it, it was a common understanding at the time.
-PJ