 In the same year it was drawn by Alexander Nasmyth who described it as much depleted, being reduce to little more than two stumps.David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan removed a section of wood from the Wallace Oak in 1782.He had this made into a snuff box that was presented to US president George Washington in 1791 as a token intended to demonstrate that American democratic practices had their roots in Wallace's actions.