Time Capsule Items Revealed Yet Questions Remain The contents from last weeks news story (click to view) have finally been revealed. Inside the capsule, about the size of a shoebox, were letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and political campaign buttons, exactly what historians expected to find. They didnt remove the items at first, afraid the pieces would fall apart upon being touched. Their fears were unwarranted, however, as the items were in pristine condition. You open up the box, and its like they put the stuff in there yesterday. Everything looks like it was just written yesterday, said Elizabeth Leet, spokeswoman for the Bostonian Society. Included in the time capsule were two nails, one from the Old State House and one from a historic building called Old South Church, and a piece of wood with a message attached: Wood removed from the Old Lion age of some 21 years in 1900. Also included was a bill of tuition, a piece of music from 1901 signed by John Silver, and a die cut printing of the Boston Herald building. Everything listed in the letter found by Samuel Rogers great-great-granddaughter and referenced in the old Boston Globe article was included in the time capsule. The writer of the 1901 Boston Globe article added that the items contained will prove interesting when the box is opened many years hence. Of course, neither the letter nor the article mentioned anything about the mysterious red book that was found inside. The hardcover book had no visible title. When historians opened the cover, they found it to be a presidential message from Grover Cleveland titled Foreign Relations of the United States. The subtitle read The Annual Message of the President of the United States, citing that it was transmitted to Congress on December 7, 1896. Why would this be included in the time capsule but not mentioned in the lists? 