What it actually says

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,

Attest William Jackson Secretary

Go: Washington -Presidt. and deputy from Virginia


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


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