East Dover Hundred in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Constitution Park
In 1787 the Golden Fleece Tavern owned by Elizabeth Battell, stood facing Court House Square on a property that included this site and there the Constitution of the United States was ratified by the Delaware state.
approve of,
assent to, ratify
& confirm"
Delaware ratifies
the Constitution
7 December 1787
admitted by the Congress
into this Union;"
Article IV Section 3
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We the deputies of the people of the Delaware state, in Convention met, having taken into our serious consideration the Federal Constitution proposed and agreed upon by the Deputies of the United States in a General Convention held at the City of Philadelphia on the seventeenth day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, have approved, assented to, ratified, and confirmed, and by these Presents, do, in virtue of the Power and Authority given for that purpose, for and in behalf of ourselves and our Constituents, fully, freely and entirely approve of, assent to, ratify and confirm the said Constitution.
Done in Convention at Dover this seventh day of December in the Year aforesaid, and in the Year of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In testimony whereof We have hereunto Subscribed our Names.
Sussex County
John Ingram
John Jones
Will Moore
William Hall
Thomas Laws
Isaac Cooper
Woodman Stockley
John Laws
Thomas Evans
Israel Holland
Kent County
Nicholas Ridgely
Rich Smith
George Truitt
Richard Bassett
James Sykes
A. M. Zane
Danl. Cummons, Senr.
Jos. Barker
Edw White
George Manlove
New Castle County
Jas. Latimer, President
James Black
JNo James
Gunn. Bedford, Senr.
Kensey Johns
Thos. Wattson
Solomon Maxwell
Nicholas Way
Thomas Duff
Gunn'g Bedford, Junr.
United States
"We the people of the
United States, in order to
form a more perfect Union,
establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence,
promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and
our posterity,
do ordain and establish
this Constitution for
the United States of America."
Geo. Read
Gunning Bedford, Jun
John Dickinson
Richard Bassett
Jaco. Broom
Done in convention at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
17 September 1787.
Topics.
Location. 39° 9.433′ N, 75° 31.438′ W. Marker is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in East Dover Hundred. It is at the intersection of South State Street and East North Street, on the left when traveling south on South State Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 South State Street, Dover DE 19904, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Revolutionary War Patriots (here, next to this marker); The Capitol Theater (within shouting distance of this marker); Wesley United Methodist Church
Photographed by Adam Margolis, January 19, 2022
4. Constitution Park Marker
This view is looking southeast along South State Street.
Photographed by Adam Margolis, January 19, 2022
5. Constitution Park Marker
This view is looking northwest along South State Street.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 518 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4, 5. submitted on March 30, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 6. submitted on November 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
