November 30, 2020 at 11:20 pm
ROSLYN, LONG ISLAND (CBSNewYork) — Within the walls of the historic Roslyn Grist Mill, circa 1715, a crew working to restore the landmark stumbled upon a time capsule that’s more than a century old.
“They had four vintage coins also in it,” said Howard Kroplick of the Roslyn Landmark Society.
Inside a weathered half-pint milk bottle were four rare coins, including a Civil War money piece and a Haitian centime, and two letters. One in English from proud builder, poet William Cullen Bryant’s grandson. The other, in Italian, from Romolo Caparrelli, who invented the planking-style concrete roof, without a blueprint, architect or engineer.
“I am Romolo Caparrelli. I worked on the grist mill… Please remember me,” reads one letter.
Kroplick and Jennifer Lister of the Roslyn Landmark Society say the community is giddy.
“To find such a piece of history is just really a treasure,” said Lister in an interview with CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan.
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Warren K.
Congratulations on the incredible contributions you are making to the village of Roslyn !!!