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I thank you for bringing this up; another editor had as well, but he had not provided a link.

I don't know how I missed that the box being in William Sleeman's hands in Chronicles: India doesn't necessarily contradict the account in Freedom Cry and Rogue given that those two games fit snugly in between Chronicles: China and Chronicles: India.

The fact is actually not as clear as you might think as multiple sources contradict one another on this matter. Although it makes far more sense in the continuity for there to have been only one Precursor box, as the War Letters of Rogue even report that Shao Jun's box passed into the West Indies, the lead writer of that game himself affirmed that Ezio's box is different from that of Shay. Since Rogue is notorious for derailing AC lore (in my mind), and Aymar is the head of content, I would trust Aymar's word far more, given that it's more recent. However, there is an additional complication. The reference book Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide expressly describes that there are two boxes. In the entry "Precursor Boxes" (note the plural) it states "Two confirmed Precursor Boxes exist; one is currently in possession of Álvaro Gramática while the location of the other is unknown".

I would much prefer the interpretation that there is only one box, but this is convoluted enough we would need to hold a thorough discussion on it first. For future reference, this could be better presented in the actual talk page for "Precursor boxes" though I suppose asking it here would attract more attention to the issue.