Time capsule found

A time capsule buried by patriots Samuel Adams and Paul Revere more than two centuries ago was

unearthed Thursday in Boston. The box-shaped capsule was placed by the Revolutionary-era duo in a cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House in 1795, the year construction began on the building. When current-day workers repairing a water leak found the hidden antique, they called in a local

expert from the Museum of Fine Arts who spent the better part of Thursday delicately and

painstakingly chipping away at the cornerstone trying to extricate it. "What we know the box

contains, based on the notes that we have, is a Paul Revere plate, papers, and coins from the 1600s," said Massachusetts Secretary of State

William Galvin, who also heads the state's historical commission. "It may contain other stuff

too, we don't know that yet."

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