Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-32713779-20170729065610/@comment-18014300-20170804012549

The Wikia Editor wrote: John Harrison's letter in Rogue suggests that he doesn't know about or is otherwise unconcerned with the box that was stoled by Adéwalé in 1735. The Templars' plan to send the box to Saint-Dominigue was shown to have been planned out ahead of time, as the Assassins knew when the box was due to arrive, who was transporting it and who was meant to receive it.

My point is of contention is specifically only about assuming that the French Rite had this box for a long time. That the Assassins knew when the box was due to arrive, who was transporting it, and who was meant to receive it does not mean that the box came from France or that either side had advanced preparation and planning. The Assassins could've known such intel specifically because the box had just been stolen from them, and they were tracking it. In other words, I don't think there is strong enough evidence from the circumstances that the box was in the French Rite's possession for a long time, and this is a possible explanation why neither the French Rite nor British Rite had known about it.