Massachusetts Bay—­SAML.  ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, ROBT.  TREAT PAINE, ELBRIDGE GERRY.

Rhode Island—­STEP.  HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY.

Connecticut—­ROGER SHERMAN, SAM’EL HUNTINGTON, WM. WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT.

New York—­WM. FLOYD, PHIL.  LIVINGSTON, FRANS.  LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS.

New Jersey—­RICHD.  STOCKTON, JNO.  WITHERSPOON, FRAS.  HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRA.  CLARK.

Pennsylvania—­ROBT.  MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJA.  FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEO. CLYMER, JAS. SMITH, GEO. TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEO. ROSS.

Delaware-CAESAR RODNEY, GEO. READ, THO.  M’KEAN.

Maryland—­SAMUEL CHASE, WM. PACA, THOS.  STONE, CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton.

Virginia—­GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, TH.  JEFFERSON, BENJA.  HARRISON, THOS.  NELSON, jr., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON.

North Carolina—­WM. HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, JOHN PENN.

South Carolina—­EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOS.  HEYWARD, Junr., THOMAS LYNCH, Junr., ARTHUR MIDDLETON.

Georgia—­BUTTON GWINNETT, LYMAN HALL, GEO. WALTON.[2]

[2] This arrangement of the names is made for convenience.  The States are not mentioned in the original.