Paul Revere's 1795 time capsule, buried alongside Samuel Adams, was recently unearthed during an investigation of a water leak at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. The discovery has generated significant interest among historians and the public alike. Secretary of State William Galvin and Pamela Hatchfield, head of object conservation at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, are overseeing the capsule's contents, which remain undisclosed as the museum takes its time to reveal them.
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More than two centuries later, a recently unearthed time capsule he buried with fellow revolutionary Samuel Adams -- the man whom Revere was riding to see that night to warn that the British were coming -- has got his former city, state and most of the Internet abuzz.
The artifact was unearthed Thursday thanks to a water leak near its resting place inside a cornerstone at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
When workers investigating the leak stumbled upon it, Secretary of State William Galvin, who heads the state historical commission, called Pamela Hatchfield, the head of object conservation at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.