Talk:Archibald Arnott

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The orginal version of this article sounds very complete, and all of the evidence I have been able to find supports the following evidence:

1) Dr. Arnott owned a snuffbox which is now a very valuble artifcat of the Emperor's life. I think he actually aquired or stole it, since the Emperor willed even small items to various servants, but mostly to prince Eugene, which were to be taken care by Marchand, his valet. So how he got the snuffbox is anyone's guess!

2) Arnott was a Scottish doctor resident in the village of Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland where he died (1822). The orginal version, which I basically rewrote, suggests that he was born there, but I couldn't find evidence, but it is an undisputed fact that he died and is buried there. Some sources call him English, but I think they mean "British."

3) I do have a question of weather Arnott was actually given [1] a gift of Napoleons by the Emepror, since it is not mentioned in his will... nor are any such trifiling funds, with N.B. giving fantastic amounts of money to generals, and other figures from the Grandee Armee and to his relatives. No sum less than 50,000 livres are given to anyone in the will, let alone a large (a lifetime wages for a working man!), but by no means grand gift of 600 Napoleons.

V. Joe 23:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)