ARTICLE VII

 

     The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.  Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names.

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                             Presidt. and deputy from Virginia

 

New Hampshire

  John Langdon

  Nicholas Gilman

Massachusetts

  Nathaniel Gorham

  Rufus King

Connecticut

  Wm. Saml. Johnson

  Roger Sherman

New York

  Alexander Hamilton

New Jersey

  Wil: Livingston

  David Brearley

  Wm. Paterson

  Jona: Dayton

Pennsylvania

  B. Franklin

  Thomas Mifflin

  Robt. Morris

  Geo. Clymer

  Thos. Fitzsimons

  Jared Ingersoll

  James Wilson

  Gouv Morris

Delaware

  Geo: Reed

  Gunning Bedford jun

  John Dickinson

  Richard Bassett

  Jaco: Brown

Maryland

  James McHenry

  Dan of St. Thos. Jenifer

  Danl. Carroll

Virginia

  John Blair--

  James Madison, Jr.

North Carolina

  Wm. Blount

  Richd. Dobbs Spaight

  Hu Williamson

South Carolina

  J. Rutledge

  Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

  Charles Pinckney

  Pierce Butler

Georgia

  William Few

  Abr. Baldwin

Attest William Jackson

                   Secretary