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--Presid . 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
Rob Morris, Geo. Clymer, Thos. FitzSimons
Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouv Morris
Delaware: Geo: Read, Gunning Bedford jun
John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jaco: Broom
Maryland: James McHenry, Dan of S Thos. Jenifer, Dan Carroll
Virginia: John Blair, James Madison Jr.
North Carolina: Wm. Blount, Rich'd Dobbs Spaight, Hu Williamson
South Carolina: J. Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney,
Charles Pinckney,Pierce Butler
Georgia: William Few, Abr Baldwin
Attest: William Jackson, Secretary
article: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
amendments: I - X, XI- XIX , XX - XXVII