Article VII
Section 1
clause 1
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
FEDERALIST NO. 38
DeB 222-
The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed
From the New York Packet Tuesday January 15, 1788
DeB 228-Author: James Madison
To the People of New York