A snuffbox made from the oak William Wallace hid in after the Battle of Falkirk was presented to George Washington in 1791 by David Erskine, Earl of Buchan. Erskine called GW the “modern American Wallace”.
Washington willed the box back to Buchan, who was to decide on a new worthy caretaker. Buchan sent it to the Washington College Library, but it was stolen en route. Washington’s box is still lost, but it probably looked similar to this one, made in 1794.
