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.

G'o: 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

{ WIL: LIVINGSTON
New Jersey { DAVID BREARLEY
{ WM. PATERSON
{ JONA: DAYTON

{ B. FRANKLIN
{ THOMAS MIFFLIN
{ ROBT. MORRIS
Pennsylvania { GEO. CLYMER
{ THOS. FITZSIMONS
{ JARED INGERSOLL
{ JAMES WILSON
{ GOUV MORRIS

{ GEO: READ
{ GUNNING BEDFORD Jun
Delaware { JOHN DICKINSON
{ RICHARD BASSETT
{ JACO: BROOM

{ JAMES McHENRY
Maryland { DAN OF ST THOS JENIFER
{ DANL. CARROLL

Virginia { JOHN BLAIR—
{ JAMES MADISON JR.

{ WM. BLOUNT
North Carolina { RICHD. DOBBS SPAIGHT
{ HU WILLIAMSON

{ J. RUTLEDGE
South Carolina { CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY
{ CHARLES PINCKNEY
{ PIERCE BUTLER

Georgia { WILLIAM FEW
{ ABR. BALDWIN

Attest WILLIAM JACKSON Secretary