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