Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Litter (vehicle)" in English language version.
Of the fifty-five delegates, Franklin is by far the oldest at eighty-one. His health is not good. On the day the convention opened he was too sick to come. Later he was carried from his home to the meetings in a sedan chair – like a carriage without wheels, held aloft by four men. The bumpy ride of a carriage would have been too uncomfortable.
