Article 7

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

1.Resolution of Congress, 21 Feb. 1787
2.Records of the Federal Convention
3.Benjamin Franklin to the Federal Convention, 17 Sept. 1787
4.Edmund Randolph to Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates, 10 Oct. 1787
5.Luther Martin, Maryland House of Delegates, 29 Nov. 1787
6.William Short to James Madison, 21 Dec. 1787
7.Luther Martin, Genuine Information, 1788
8.George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 8 Jan. 1788
9.Samuel, 10 Jan. 1788
10.James Madison, Federalist, no. 43, 296--98, 23 Jan. 1788
11.Federal Farmer, no. 18, 25 Jan. 1788
12.Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Donald, 7 Feb. 1788
13.Edmund Randolph, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 4 June 1788
14.Debate in Virginia Ratifying Convention, 12, 24--25 June 1788
15.Act of Continental Congress Putting Constitution into Effect, 13 Sept. 1788
16.Owings v. Speed
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