Congress, having received the report of the Convention lately assembled in Philadelphia,—
"Resolved, unanimously, That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a Convention of delegates chosen in each state, by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the Convention made and provided in that case."
The states having accordingly passed acts for severally calling conventions, and the Constitution being submitted to them, the ratifications thereof were transmitted to Congress as follows:—
THE RATIFICATIONS OF THE TWELVE STATES,
Reported in the General Convention.
1.DELAWARE.
We, the deputies of the people of the Delaware state, in Convention met, having taken in our serious consideration the Federal Constitution proposed and agreed upon by the deputies of the United States in a General Convention held at the city of Philadelphia, on the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, have approved, assented to, ratified, and confirmed, and by these presents do, in virtue of the power and authority to us given, for and in behalf of ourselves and our constituents, fully, freely, and entirely approve of, assent to, ratify, and confirm, the said Constitution.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.
| Sussex County. | Kent County. | Newcastle County. |
| John Ingram, | Nicholas Ridgely, | James Latimer, President, |
| John Jones, | Richard Smith, | James Black, |
| William Moore, | George Fruitt, | John James, |
| William Hall, | Richard Bassett, | Gunning Bedford, Sen. |
| Thomas Laws, | James Sykes, | Kensey Johns, |
| Isaac Cooper, | Allen M'Lean, | Thomas Watson, |
| Woodman Storkley, | Daniel Cummins, Sen. | Solomon Maxwell, |
| John Laws, | Joseph Barker, | Nicholas Way, |
| Thomas Evans, | Edward White, | Thomas Duff, |
| Israel Holland. | George Manlove. | Gunning Bedford, Jun. |
[l. s.]To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.
I, Thomas Collins, president of the Delaware state, do hereby certify, that the above instrument of writing is a true copy of the original ratification of the Federal Constitution by the Convention of the Delaware state, which original ratification is now in my possession.
THOMAS COLLINS.
2.PENNSYLVANIA.
In the Name of the People of Pennsylvania.
Be it known unto all men, that we, the delegates of the people of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Convention assembled, have assented to and ratified, and by these presents do, in the name and by the authority of the same people, and for ourselves, assent to and ratify the foregoing Constitution for the United States of America. Done in Convention at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of December,
