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.

The Word “the”, being interlined between the seventh and eight Lines of the first Page, The Word “Thirty” being partly written on an Erazure in the fifteenth Line of the first Page. The Words “is tried” being interlined between the thirty second and thirty third Lines of the first Page and the Word “the” being interlined between the forty third and forty fourth Lines of the second Page.

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,

Attest William Jackson Secretary
Go: Washington- Presidt. and deputy from Virginia

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

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
• Robt Morris
• Geo. Clymer
• Thos. FitzSimons
• Jared Ingersoll
• James Wilson.
• Gouv Morris