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As I mentioned before, I have not seen it for quite some time. There are so few copies left, the only one I know in existance publically visible is in the Library of Congress.

Has anyone in the D.C. area visited the Library of Congress to review the document?

There simply is no 1787 version with that kind of wording in English.

If there where, rest 100% assured that it would have shown up on http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/. Leo's been all over the L.O.C., multiple times.

The 1797 English version simply corrected the mis-translation of the earlier English copies.

From Chapter XIX, 212 (page 197 of 592) [Note: A ~22 MB PDF]:
Section title in French: "Des citoyens et naturels"
To English: "Citizens and natural" Clearly there is a differentiation made between "Citizens" and "Natural" (born citizens). See below.

French text (about citizens): "Les citoyens sont les membres de la societe civile : lies a cette societe par certains devoirs et soumis a son autorite, ils participent avec egalite a ses avantages."
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To English: "The citizens are the members of the civil society: linked to this society by certain duties and subject to its authority, they participate with equality has its advantages."
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French text (about "natural" born citizens): "Les naturels, ou indigenes, sont ceux qui sont nes dans le pays, de parens citoyens"
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To English, gives this: "the natural, or indigenous, are those born in the country, parents who are citizens"