Defender
of the Constitution and Bill of Rights
We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
New
Hampshire- John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman
Massachusetts-
Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King
Connecticut-
Wm Saml Johnson, Roger Sherman
New
Jersey-
Wil Livingston, David Brearley, Wm Paterson, Jona Dayton
New
York-
Alexander Hamilton
Virginia-
John Blair, James Madison, Jr.
Maryland-
James McHenry, Danl Carrol, Dan of St Thos Jenifer
Pennsylvania- B Franklin, Robt. Morris,
Thos Fitzsimons, James Wilson, Thomas Mifflin
Pennsylvania-
Geo. Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Gouv Morris
Delaware-
Geo Read, John Dickinson, Jaco Broom, Gunning Bedford jun, Richard
Bassett
North
Carolina-
Wm Blount, Hu Williamson, Richd Dobbs Spaight
South
Carolina-
J. Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Pierce
Butler
Georgia-
William Few, Abr Baldwin
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.
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WASHINGTON
President and deputy from Virginia
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.
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WASHINGTON
President and deputy from Virginia
DEBATES OF MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
Investigative
Reporting by O.M. Budsman
"an appointed body to receive, investigate and report on complaints
of private citizens against government officials."
