This poser, taken from the Commissary Court records for Edinburgh, 1802, we asked which item was given to Robertson by Catherine the Great.

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Answer: Robertson received a gold snuff box set with diamonds from the Empress of Russia, Catherine the Great.

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Item my gold snuff box
set with diamonds a present form the
Empress of Russia which I wish the person
who shall succeed to me by virtue of this
Disposition to preserve in his or her family as
a memorial of me, and to transmit it to
his or her heirs with the same Injunction
Item my picture printed by Sir Joshua
Reynolds. Item my gold Watch and seals
and all my books papers and manuscripts
Item my silver bread basket and writing
stand

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