Imagine Philadelphia in the summer with no air conditioning. The delegates met in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), where they nailed the windows shut. Why? Secrecy. They didn’t want anyone leaking their arguments to the public.
So you’ve got 55 sweaty guys in heavy wool suits, arguing about slavery and taxes while the room hits 90 degrees. The official record says they kept “a strict silence” on the outside, but you can bet the inside smelled like a barn full of angry badgers.
