On September 17, 1787, 39 of the 55 delegates signed the new document, with many refusing to sign due to the lack of a bill of rights.
The United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention representing 12 states, who endorsed the four-month-long convention's creation.
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