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,

GO: WASHINGTON—

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. Patterson

Jona: Dayton

Pennsylvania.

B. Frnklin

Thomas Mifflin

Robt. Morris

Geo. Clymer

Thos. Fitzsimons

Jared Ingersoll

James Wilson

Gouv Morris

Delaware.

Geo: Read

Gunning Bedford Jun

John Dickerson

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

Attest

William Jackson, Secretary