Article VII- Ratification

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The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

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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 witnesswhereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,

AttestWilliam Jackson Secretary

  Go: Washington -Presidt. and deputy from Virginia 

Delaware

  Geo: Read
  Gunning Bedford jun
  John Dickinson 
  Richard Bassett 
  Jaco: Broom

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

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

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