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.
G'o: 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
{ WIL: LIVINGSTON
_New Jersey_ { DAVID BREARLEY
{ WM. PATERSON
{ JONA: DAYTON
{ B. FRANKLIN
{ THOMAS MIFFLIN
{ ROBT. MORRIS
_Pennsylvania_ { GEO. CLYMER
{ THOS. FITZSIMONS
{ JARED INGERSOLL
{ JAMES WILSON
{ GOUV MORRIS
{ GEO: READ
{ GUNNING BEDFORD Jun
_Delaware_ { JOHN DICKINSON
{ RICHARD BASSETT
{ JACO: BROOM
{ JAMES McHENRY
_Maryland_ { DAN OF ST THOS JENIFER
{ DANL. CARROLL
_Virginia_ { JOHN BLAIR--
{ JAMES MADISON JR.
{ WM. BLOUNT
_North Carolina_ { RICHD. DOBBS SPAIGHT
{ HU WILLIAMSON
{ J. RUTLEDGE
_South Carolina_ { CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY
{ CHARLES PINCKNEY
{ PIERCE BUTLER
_Georgia_ { WILLIAM FEW
{ ABR. BALDWIN
_Attest_ WILLIAM JACKSON _Secretary_
AMENDMENTS
[ARTICLE I.]
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
[ARTICLE II.]
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed.
[ARTICLE III.]
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any ho
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