▁of ▁which ▁Morris ▁was ▁the ▁primary ▁author . ▁ ▁The ▁committee ▁also ▁presented ▁a ▁proposed ▁letter ▁to ▁accomp any ▁the ▁constitution ▁when ▁delivered ▁to ▁Congress . ▁ ▁The ▁final ▁document , ▁eng ross ed ▁by ▁Jacob ▁Sh all us , ▁was ▁taken ▁up ▁on ▁Monday , ▁September ▁ 1 7 , ▁at ▁the ▁Convention ' s ▁final ▁session . ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁deleg ates ▁were ▁disappoint ed ▁in ▁the ▁result , ▁a ▁makes h ift ▁series ▁of ▁un fortun ate ▁comprom ises . ▁Some ▁deleg ates ▁left ▁before ▁the ▁ceremony ▁and ▁three ▁others ▁refused ▁to ▁sign . ▁Of ▁the ▁thirty - n ine ▁sign ers , ▁Benjamin ▁Franklin ▁sum med ▁up , ▁address ing ▁the ▁Convention : ▁" There ▁are ▁several ▁parts ▁of ▁this ▁Constitution ▁which ▁I ▁do ▁not ▁at ▁present ▁appro ve , ▁but ▁I ▁am ▁not ▁sure ▁I ▁shall ▁never ▁appro ve ▁them ." ▁He ▁would ▁accept ▁the ▁Constitution , ▁" because ▁I ▁expect ▁no ▁better ▁and ▁because ▁I ▁am ▁not ▁sure ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁best ". ▁ ▁The ▁advoc ates ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁were ▁anxious ▁to ▁obtain ▁un anim ous ▁support ▁of ▁all ▁twelve ▁states ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁Convention . ▁Their ▁accepted ▁formula ▁for ▁the ▁closing ▁end ors ement ▁was ▁" Done ▁in ▁Convention , ▁by ▁the ▁un anim ous ▁consent ▁of ▁the ▁States ▁present ." ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁convention , ▁the ▁proposal ▁was ▁agreed ▁to ▁by ▁eleven ▁state ▁deleg ations ▁and ▁the ▁l one ▁remaining ▁delegate ▁from ▁New ▁York , ▁Alexander ▁Hamilton . ▁▁ 1