Article 7

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The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

Ratification by conventions in nine States will be enough to establish this Constitution among the States that ratify it.

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,

Completed at the Convention with the unanimous consent of the States present on September 17, in the year of our Lord 1787. This was the twelfth year of the Independence of the United States of America. As witnesses, we have signed our names below.

Go. WASHINGTON— Presid. and deputy from Virginia

George WASHINGTON, President and delegate from Virginia

New Hampshire

John Langdon Nicholas Gilman

Massachusetts

Nathaniel Gorham Rufus King

Connecticut

Wm. Saml. Johnson Roger Sherman

William Samuel Johnson Roger Sherman

New York

Alexander Hamilton

New Jersey

Wil: Livingston David Brearley Wm. Paterson Jona: Dayton

William Livingston David Brearley William Paterson Jonathan Dayton

Pennsylvania

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

Benjamin Franklin Thomas Mifflin Robert Morris George Clymer Thomas FitzSimons Jared Ingersoll James Wilson Gouverneur Morris

Delaware

Geo: Read Gunning Bedford jun John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jaco: Broom

George Read Gunning Bedford Jr. John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jacob Broom

Maryland

James Mchenry Dan of St Thos. Jenifer Danl Carroll

Virginia

John Blair— James Madison Jr.

John Blair James Madison Jr.

North Carolina

Wm. Blount Rich'd Dobbs Spaight Hu Williamson

William Blount Richard Dobbs Spaight Hugh Williamson

South Carolina

J. Rutledge Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Pinckney Pierce Butler

Georgia

William Few Abr Baldwin

Attest: William Jackson, Secretary

Certified by: William Jackson, Secretary