The second time capsule discovered at the former site of a Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, contains a Bible with a coin stuck to it, a bullet, and an 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly that shows a person weeping over Abraham Lincoln's grave.
The copper box, which historians believe was buried in 1887, was found in a wet area, Virginia Department of Historic Resources Director Julie Langan said. Conservationists opened the box on Tuesday and saw there was water inside, making it harder to get the items — including several letters, coins, newspapers, books, and a Richmond directory — out. They will spend the next few weeks preserving and researching the artifacts, CNN reports.
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