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United States Constitution-Article VII

January 9, 2003

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Article VII-Ratification and Signatures


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. 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 Brearly, Wm. Paterson, Jona: Dayton 

Pennsylvania: B. Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robt. 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 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 

 

 
 
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