Note 11 — Wednesday July 25. In Convention
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"Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise & seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born citizen."–John Jay to Washington, July 25, 1787 (Wash. MSS.).