ARTICLE VII

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,
                                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. Paterson
                                                                Jona. Dayton
                 Pennsylvania                     B Franklin
                                                                Thomas Mifflin
                                                                Robt Morris
                                                                Geo. Clymer
                                                                Thos. FitzSimons
                                                                Jared Ingersoll
                                                                James Wilson
                                                                Gouv Morris
                 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
                 Attest William Jackson Secretary