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,
GEORGE WASHINGTON--
Presidt. and deputy from Virginia
[Signed also by the deputies of twelve States.]
New Hampshire John Langdon
| Delaware Geo: Read
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Massachusetts Nathaniel Gorham
| Maryland James MCHenry
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Connecticut Wm. Saml. Johnson
| Virginia John Blair--
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New Jersey Wil: Livingston
| North Carolina Wm. Blount
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Pennsylvania B Franklin
| South Carolina J. Rutledge
Georgia William Few
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Attest:
William Jackson, Secretary