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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. PATERSON.
    JONA: DAYTON

Pennsylvania {
    B FRANKLIN
    THOMAS MIFFLIN
    ROBT MORRIS
    GEO. CLYMER
    THOS. FITZ SIMONS
    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

In Convention Monday, September 17th, 1787.