A time capsule from 1795 found at the Massachusetts state building, the oldest capsule in the country, will be opened on Tuesday, ABC News reported.
Paul Revere, a patriot in the American Revolution, and Governor Samuel Adams placed the capsule underneath a piece of stone built into the Boston Statehouse in 1795.
The capsule will be popped open at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in front of an intimate and small group of onlookers.
The contents will be opened and examined for the first time in over 100 years - since 1855. At that time, additional items were added to the time capsule, which was then plastered underneath cornerstone in a brass container.
"X-rays revealed what is believed to be a collection of silver and copper coins (dating from 1652 and 1855); an engraved silver plate; a copper medal depicting George Washington; newspapers; the seal of the Commonwealth; cards; and a title page from the Massachusetts Colony Records," the MFA said in a statement last month. "These objects were described in the 1855 account of the reburying ceremony."
But some of the contents may have been washed in acid, so how well they've held up over time is a concern, the Washington Post reported. Repairing water damage from a leak also initially led workers to the box, which also might be a bad sign for the contents of the box.
