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U.S. Constitution

Preamble

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Signers

G°. Washington [George Washington]
Presidt and deputy from Virginia

Delaware

Geo: Read [George Read]
Gunning Bedford jun [Gunning Bedford, Jr.]
John Dickinson
Richard Bassett
Jaco: Broom [Jacob Broom]

Maryland

James McHenry
Dan of St Thos. Jenifer [Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]
Danl. Carroll [Daniel Carroll]

Virginia

John Blair
James Madison Jr.

North Carolina

Wm. Blount [William Blount]
Richd. Dobbs Spaight [Richard Dobbs Spaight]
Hu Williamson [Hugh Williamson]

South Carolina

J. Rutledge [John Rutledge]
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
Pierce Butler

Georgia

William Few
Abr Baldwin [Abraham Baldwin]

New Hampshire

John Langdon
Nicholas Gilman

Massachusetts

Nathaniel Gorham
Rufus King

Connecticut

Wm. Saml. Johnson [William Samuel Johnson]
Roger Sherman

New York

Alexander Hamilton

New Jersey

Wil: Livingston [William Livingston]
David Brearley
Wm. Paterson [William Paterson]
Jona: Dayton [Jonathan Dayton]

Pennsylvania

B Franklin [Benjamin Franklin]
Thomas Mifflin
Robt. Morris [Robert Morris]
Geo. Clymer [George Clymer]
Thos. FitzSimons [Thomas FitzSimons]
Jared Ingersoll
James Wilson
Gouv Morris [Gouverneur]