The First Eligibility Case (1789)

THE CASE OF MR. SMITH by Paraleaglenm, ©2011 (Apr. 29, 2011) — Ramsay’s Petition in the Case of Mr. Smith, May 22, 1789,[1] was a thorough analysis of by what mechanisms a person became a U.S. citizen. #1, if I recall, was ‘by birth or inheritance.’ It was based on his nine-page Dissertation published in […]