Col. Timothy Bigelow Monument

Records from 1861 list the following articles and documents as placed in the two time capsule boxes inside the base of the Timothy Bigelow Monument on the Worcester Common;

• A parchment containing the following record: " This Monument to the memory of Colonel Timothy Bigelow, a hero of the American Revolution, was erected by his great-grandson. Colonel Timothy Bigelow Lawrence, of Boston, A. D. 1861. Isaac Davis, Major of the city of Worcester; John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts; Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. George Snell, architect, Boston." 

• History of Worcester. By William Lincoln. Published by Moses D. Phillips & Co., 1837.

• Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Colonel Timothy Bigelow. By Charlie Hersey.

• A plan of the old cemetery upon which the Bigelow Monument is erected. By Gill Valentine.

• History of the First Church (Old South) in the city of Worcester, this eleventh day of April. A. D. 
  1861; with its pastors and officers from its organization in 1716, and a catalogue of its members at the present time. By Caleb Dana.

• Massachusetts Weekly Spy, vol. 90, No. 15, April 10, 1861. 

• Three Daily Spys, vol. 16, Nos. 85, 86, 87, April 10,11, 12. By J. D. Baldwin and Co., proprietors. 

• Ęgis and Transcript, vol. 24, No. 14. 

• Daily Transcript, vol. 11, Nos. 81, 82, 83, April 9, 10, 11. By W. R. Hooper. 

• Worcester Palladium, vol. 28, No. 15, April 10,1861; and vol. 25, No. 51, containing interesting matter. By J. S. C. Knowlton.

• Worcester-County Democrat, vol. 1, No. 37, March 30, 1861.

• Worcester Daily Times, vol. 2, No. 60, April 3, 1861. By Moses Bates. 

• Franklin Advertiser, vol. I, No. 1, 1861, with specimens of beautiful cards.

• Worcester Directory for 1861. By Henry J. Howland. 

• The Heart of the Commonwealth. By Henry J. Howland.

• Daily Spy, Aug. 31, 1860 ; Home Statistics. By Samuel Smith. 

• Massachusetts Spy, Sept. 26, 1860, containing the valuation and taration of Worcester; census statistics of Worcester by wards; number of inhabitants, dwellings, and families ; by Samuel Smith. 

• A piece of the Charter Oak. 

• Daily Spy, of Feb. 12, 1861 ; Birth Statistics, containing the total number of births, number in each month, number of males and females, number of American and of foreign origin, with full particulars. By W. A. Brigham. 

• A package of ancient and modern relics ; viz., the New England States cents. United States cents and half cents, Washington medals, Washington button, Massachusetts volunteer militia and infantry buttons. By W. A. Brigham.

• Medal of President Lincoln, and one of Hon. John Davis. 

• City Document, No. 14; Inaugural Address of Hon. W. W. Rice, Mayor of the city of Worcester, Jan- 2, 1860; with the annual reports of the several city officers for the municipal year ending Jan. 2, 1860. 

• Inaugural Address of Hon. Isaac Davis, Mayor of the city of Worcester, to the City Council, Jan. 1,1861. 

• Export of the School Committee of the city of Worcester for the year 1860. By Rev. J. D. E. Jones, superintendent of schools. 

• A beautiful steel engraving of the Worcester Hospital; likewise a large document containing the records of the founders, and names of all the officers, of the institution, from the commencement to the present time. By Merrick Bemis, M. D. 

• Journal of the Prince of Wales' tour in America in 1860, by G. D. Engleheart, Esq., secretary of the Duke of Newcastle.

• Printed pedigree of the Bigelow Family. 

• Appleton's Railway and Steam-navigation Guide, published in New York and London: American Weekly Traveller, Boston, April 13, 1861 ; Boston Semiweekly Advertiser, April 13,1861 ; Boston Herald, April 12, 1861; Boston Courier, April 12, 1861: Daily Atlas and Bee, April 12, 1861 : Boston Journal, April 12, 1861; Boston Daily Advertiser, April 12, 1861 ; New York Times, April 11, 1861 : New York Herald, April 11, 1861; New York Independent, April 11, 1861; Home (weekly) Journal, New York, April 13, 1861 : Vanity Fair, do., New York, April 13, 1861; Harper's Monthly, New York, April 13, 1861.

• Coins of United States, one dollar, half a dollar, quarter of a dollar, ten cent piece, five cent piece, two three cent pieces, three one cent pieces, 1860, one cent of 1861. 

• Ball cartridges made by the soldiers of Colonel Bigelow's command, at his barn in Worcester, 1777. 

• Lock of the hair of Colonel Timothy Bigelow. 

• Also the following original manuscript letters of Colonel Bigelow : OCT. 25, 1775 - On that part of the Kennybeck called the Dead River, 95 miles above Norridgewalk,  and OCT. 28, 1775 - Chaudier Pond.