at we the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the united states in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them. And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in Congress. Done at Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania the ninth Day of July in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy-eight, and in the thirthe third year o independence of America On the part & behalf of the State of New Hampshire: JOSIAH BARTLETT JOHN WENTWORTH JUNIOR. August 8th 1778 On the part and behalf of The State of Massachusetts Bay JOHN HANCOCK SAMUEL ADAMS ELBRIDGE GERRY FRANCIS DANA JAMES LOVELL SAMUEL HOLTEN On the part and behalf of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations WILLIAM ELLERY HENRY MARCHANT JOHN COLLINS On the part and behalf of the State of Connecticut ROGER SHERMAN SAMUEL HUNTINGTON OLIVER WOLCOTT TITUS HOSMER ANDREW ADAMS On the Part and Behalf of the State of New York JAMES DUANE FRANCIS LEWIS WM DUER GOUV MORRIS On the Part and in Behalf of the State of New Jersey, November 26, 1778 JNO WITHERSPOON NATHANIEL SCUDDER On the part and behalf of the State of Pennsylvania ROBT MORRIS DANIEL ROBERDEAU JOHN BAYARD SMITH. WILLIAM CLINGAN JOSEPH REED 22nd July 1778 On the part & behalf of the State of Delaware THO McKEAN February 12, 1779 JOHN DICKINSON May 5th 1779 NICHOLAS VAN DYKE, On the par...
