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 eighth 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.
Attest William Jackson
Secretary
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,
Go 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 Brearley. | |
| Wm Patterson. | |
| Jona: Dayton | |
| Pennsylvania | B Franklin |
| Thomas Mifflin | |
| Robt Morris | |
| Geo. Clymer | |
| Thos FitzSimons | |
| Jared Ingersol | |
| James Wilson | |
| Gouv Morris |
