QUINCY, Mass. -- A time capsule found entombed in a Revolutionary War monument in Quincy was opened Monday.

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Last week, a masonry reconstruction team found a metal box inside the 114-year-old Abigail Adams Cairn inside a brick-lined chamber. The monument was built in 1896 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to mark the spot where the future first lady and 7-year-old John Quincy Adams watched the Battle of Bunker Hill and the burning of Charlestown.

Officials from the Quincy Historical Society opened the time capsule late Monday, as relatives of the workers who built the cairn watched with anticipation.

Among the items inside was a piece of parchment, signed with dignitaries' names, newspapers and invitations inviting people to the dedication of the cairn.

The cairn, at Franklin Street and Viden Road, will be taken apart stone by stone to be repaired and put back together again.

The cairn cost the Daughter's of the American $200 in 1896 to build, and the work now being done will cost the city about $500,000, according to the mayor's office.