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On the part and in behalf of the State of Delaware :

Tho. M'Kean, February 13, 1779, Nicholas Van Dyke.

John Dickinson, May 5, 1779,

On the part and in behalf of the State of Maryland :

John Hanson, March 1, 1781, Daniel Carroll, March 1, 1781.

On the part and in behalf of the State of Virginia :

Richard Henry Lee, Jn° Harvie, John Banister, Francis Lightfoot Lee. Thomas Adams,

On the part and in behalf of the State of North Carolina:

John Penn, July 81, 1778, Jn" Williams. Cornelius Hartnett,

On the part and in behalf of the State of South Carolina : Henry Laurens, Richd Hutson, William Henry Drayton, Thos. Haywood, Jun. Jn° Matthews,

On the part and in behalf of the State of Georgia :

Jn° Walton, July 24, 1778, Edw-^ Langworthy. EdW^ Telfair,

The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Con- gress on the 17th of November, 1777, and were recommended to the consideration of the several States. The Articles were submitted to the several States, and the delegates from the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Cai'olina ratified the Articles on the 9th of July, 1778. The delegates from the remaining States did not sign them on

that date, but in the following order :

North Carolina, July 21, 1778 ;

Georgia, July 24, 1778 ;

New Jersey, November 26, 1778 ;

Delaware, May 5, 1779 ; and

Maryland, March 1, 1781.

Three and a half years elapsed after the adoption of the Articles by Congress before their ratification by all of the States. Congress met for

the first time under the Confederation on March 2, 1781.