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Lafayette's aide wrote a BOOK in which he stated exactly what the requirement was for somebody to be eligible to be President in the United States:

“No individual, other than a citizen born in the United States…”

And he said that all it took was being born in the United States.

Once again, you spin BS.

A man is writing a book in which he sets forth the Constitutional requirement for being President of the United States. He has direct, personal access to not one, not two, but ALL SIX of our first SIX Presidents.

If he had any question about what the term meant, or what the qualification was, he would've asked one of his friends. And they would've told him.

All the more so, since the Maryland State legislature declared Lafayette to be a "natural born citizen" of that State. If he had the slightest question about what the term meant, he would've asked them, and they would've told him.

So YES, the Marquis de Lafayatte and his aide were in a damn good position to know exactly what the term "natural born citizen" meant.

You try to dismiss those who were in a position to know, those who wrote general, legitimate works on our Constitution, including our greatest legal experts, while you inflate the credentials of people like David Ramsay, who shows no sign of having been especially close to any of the major Framers, and whose 6-page treatise written for the purpose of a sore-loser campaign was voted down 36 to 1 by our first House, including the Father of the Constitution and 5 other signers of the Constitution.

You're a complete hypocrite.

Martha Washington had SEX with George, but that doesn't make her a Constitutional expert.

Martha didn't write a book explaining the qualification for President, you jerk. If she had, you can bet she was in a position to ask her husband what the qualifications for President were.

Lafayette's aide wrote a BOOK in which he stated exactly what the requirement was for somebody to be eligible to be President in the United States:

Don't care if he wrote a DOZEN books, what is his basis for understanding? From whence did he get his "expertise"? By following Lafayette around and picking out his clothes?

Unless he is a Delegate, or a member of the ratifying legislature, or perhaps even someone who worked closely with them during this period, his expertise is NULL.

“No individual, other than a citizen born in the United States…”

And he said that all it took was being born in the United States.

Once again, you spin BS.

We are unimpressed by the "authority" of Lafayette's Valet and you think it's BS? I wonder what his cook and dishwasher thought? I suppose they are "Authorities" too? Perhaps his tailor should be consulted?

Yes, and below is an illustration of how he acquired all their knowledge of issues constitutional.

I'm sure they all delighted in discussing the issue with a foreign Valet.

If he had any question about what the term meant, or what the qualification was, he would've asked one of his friends. And they would've told him.

Non sequitur. That entire generation was excluded from the requirement of being a "natural citizen", so there was very little focus on what was the correct meaning. A lot of people not connected to the deliberations simply assumed the English Common law rule applied.

Most books on the constitution devote very little time to the "natural citizen" clause. The focus of the content is about everything else. Article II is a minor cul de sac of which few people regarded as important at the time, and it is quite reasonable to expect they didn't make much effort to find out details about it and merely assumed that the general rule of English Common law applied.

Again, unless someone is a delegate, their opinion on this point is non-authoritative.