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Proof John Jay Had a Copy and Used Vattel’s Legal Treatise ‘Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law’ During Nation’s Founding

by Charles Kerchner

by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at cdrkerchner, ©2025 John Jay -First Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (painting by Gilbert Stuart, National Gallery of Art, public domain) (Sep. 27, 2025) — Vattel’s legal treatise was mentioned in communications between John Jay and others during the revolution and founding and framing time period. Vattel’s […]