Article 7 of the U.S. Constitution

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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 Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,

G^o. Washington—Presid.
and deputy from Virginia

Note: 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

Delaware	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	Geo: Read Gunning Bedford jun John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jaco: Broom
Maryland	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \\\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	James McHenry Dan of S^t Tho^s Jenifer Dan^l Carroll
Virginia	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	John Blair— James Madison Jr.
North Carolina	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \\\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	W^m Blount Rich^d Dobbs Spaight Hu Williamson
South Carolina	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \\\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	J. Rutledge Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Pinckney Pierce Butler
Georgia	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	William Few Abr Baldwin

New Hampshire	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	John Langdon Nicholas Gilman
Massachusetts	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	Nathaniel Gorham Rufus King
Connecticut	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	W^m Sam^l Johnson Roger Sherman
New York . . .	Alexander Hamilton
New Jersey	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \\\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	Wil: Livingston David Brearley. W^m Paterson. Jona: Dayton
Pensylvania	$\scriptstyle{ \left\{ \begin{matrix} \ \\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix} \right. }$	B Franklin Thomas Mifflin Rob^t Morris Geo. Clymer Tho^s FitzSimons Jared Ingersol James Wilson Gouv Morris

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