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As a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens.

— David Ramsay A Dissertation on the Manners of Acquiring the Character and Privileges of a Citizen (1789)

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Citizenship is the inheritance of the children of those who have taken part in the late revolution; but this is confined exclusively to the children of those who were themselves citizens.

A Dissertation on the Manners of Acquiring the Character and Privileges of a Citizen (1789)

Citizenship by inheritance belongs to none but the children of those Americans, who, having survived the Declaration of Independence, acquired that adventitious character in their own right, and transmitted it to their offspring.

A Dissertation on the Manners of Acquiring the Character and Privileges of a Citizen (1789)

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