The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
The Word, “the,” being interlined between the seventh and eighth Lines of the first Page, the Word “Thirty” being partly written on an Erazure in the fifteenth Line of the first Page, The Words “is tried” being interlined between the thirty second and thirty third Lines of the first Page and the Word “the” being interlined between the forty third and forty fourth Lines of the second Page.
Attest William Jackson Secretary
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,
To get things going it took 9 states to ratify the new Constitution. But that second paragraph, I really have no idea what the point of that is.
Go check out the Constitution transcript, they’ve got links to information about each of the signers to the document. There were also delegates to the convention that did not sign the new Constitution, there’s links to more information about them on the Founding Fathers page.
Other Constitution posts.