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,

GEO. WASHINGTON--
Presidt. and deputy from Virginia

[Signed also by the deputies of twelve States.]

New Hampshire
John Langdon
Nicholas Gilman

Delaware
Geo. Read
Gunning Bedford jun
John Dickinson
Richard Bassett
Jacob Broom

Massachusetts
Nathaniel Gorham
Rufus King

Maryland
James MCHenry
Dan. of St. Thos. Jenifer
Danl. Carroll

Connecticut
Wm. Saml. Johnson
Roger Sherman

Virginia
John Blair--
James Madison Jr.

New Jersey
Wil. Livingston
David Brearley.
Wm. Paterson.
Jona. Dayton

North Carolina
Wm. Blount
Richd. Dobbs Spaight.
Hu Williamson

Pennsylvania
B. Franklin
Thomas Mifflin
Robt. Morris
Geo. Clymer
Thos. FitzSimons
Jared Ingersoll
James Wilson
Gouv Morris

South Carolina
J. Rutledge
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
Pierce Butler

Georgia
William Few
Abr Baldwin

Attest:
William Jackson, Secretary

New Hampshire John Langdon Nicholas Gilman	Delaware Geo. Read Gunning Bedford jun John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jacob Broom
Massachusetts Nathaniel Gorham Rufus King	Maryland James MCHenry Dan. of St. Thos. Jenifer Danl. Carroll
Connecticut Wm. Saml. Johnson Roger Sherman	Virginia John Blair-- James Madison Jr.
New Jersey Wil. Livingston David Brearley. Wm. Paterson. Jona. Dayton	North Carolina Wm. Blount Richd. Dobbs Spaight. Hu Williamson
Pennsylvania B. Franklin Thomas Mifflin Robt. Morris Geo. Clymer Thos. FitzSimons Jared Ingersoll James Wilson Gouv Morris	South Carolina J. Rutledge Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Pinckney Pierce Butler Georgia William Few Abr Baldwin