—The Articles of Confederation—
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 Third Year of the independence of America.
Josiah Bartlett, John Wentworth Junr. August 8th 1778
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Francis Dana, James Lovell, Samuel Holten
William Ellery, Henry Marchant, John Collins
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, Oliver Wolcott, Titus Hosmer, Andrew Adams
James Duane, Francis Lewis, Wm Duer, Gouv Morris
Jno Witherspoon, Nath. Scudder
Robt Morris, Daniel Roberdeau, John Bayard Smith, William Clingan, Joseph Reed 22 July, 1778
Tho Mckean February 12, 1779; John Dickinson May 5, 1779; Nicholas Van Dyke
John Hanson March 1, 1781; Daniel Carroll
Richard Henry Lee, John Banister, Thomas Adams, Jno Harvie, Francis Lightfoot Lee
John Penn July 21st 1778, Corns Harnett, Jno Williams
Henry Laurens, William Henry Drayton, Jno Mathews, Richd Hutson, Thos Heyward Junr
Jno Walton 24 July, 1778; Edwd Telfair, Edwd Langworthy