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106 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
Affidavit referred to in the above Letter.
" Richard Shearsmith, of Coldbath Fields, London,
peruke-maker, and Elizabeth Shearsmith, formerly Rey
nolds, his present wife, jointly and severally make oath,
and say, That the late Honourable Emanuel Sweden
borg came to lodge a second time at his, this deponent’s,
house, No. 26, Coldbath Fields aforesaid, in the month of
July or August, one thousand seven hundred and seventy
one, and continued to lodge there until his death, which
happened the twenty-ninth of March following. That a
short time before Christmas, one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-one, he had a paralytic stroke, which deprived
him of his speech, and occasioned his lying in a lethargic
state for three weeks and upwards, during the whole of
which time he took no sustenance whatever, except a
little tea without milk, and cold water occasionally ; and
once, about two tea-spoonsful of red currant jelly. That
about the expiration of three weeks from the time he was
so struck, he recovered his speech and health a little, and
eat and drank toast, tea, and coffee, as usual. That from
that time to the time of his death he was visited but by
a very few friends only, and always seemed unwilling to
see company. That about a month before he died, he
told this deponent, then Elizabeth Reynolds, spinster,
who was then a servant to her fellow-deponent and Mrs.
Shearsmith her then mistress, that he should die on a
particular day, which, to the best of her recollection and
belief, happened on the day he had foretold. That about
a fortnight or three weeks before he died, he received the
sacrament in bed from the hands of a foreign clergyman,
and enjoyed a sound mind, memory, and understanding
to the last hour of his life. That about five o’clock on
Sunday the twenty-ninth day of March, he asked her,
this deponent, and her then mistress, who were sittingby
his bed-side, what o’clock it was ; and upon their an
swering him that it was about five o’clock, he replied,
"That is good, I thank you, God bless you,’ or to that
effect ; and in about ten minutes after, he heaved a gentle
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