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Time capsule found where St. Peter and Paul Church once stood on Chestnut St., during excavation for a new housing development.
Contents include:
Sections from the following newspapers/publications dated September 29, 1906: Boston Daily Globe, The Pilot, Sacred Heart Review, Lawrence Telegram, and The Evening Telegram
- Donation slips for Church building, “Divida de Egreja Portugueza”
- Contributions from Lawrence to San Francisco for the Earthquake April 18, 1906
- 10 postcards – 9 are of 1906 religious procession
- 1906 City of Lawrence Manual of the City Council
- 2 photos – James O’Reilly, OSA (signed) and Father Paul Despouy, 1st pastor of Church
- 2 religious medals
- Narrative in Latin
- Contents held in a copper box presented by B.B. Badger Sons, Sept. 1906