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122 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
and another senator communicated the contents of it to
Swedenborg, paying him for that purpose a mysterious
visit in the night. To this Captain Stahlhammer replied,
in a letter dated May 13th, 1788, and printed in some of
the Gazettes.*
TESTIMONY
OF
CAPTAIN DE STAHLHAMMER,
RESPECTING SWEDENBORG’S INTERCOURSE WITH
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
66
This gentleman declares that his account can be
attested by many persons of distinction, who were present,
and are still alive." The letter is as follows :
–
" Stockholm, May 13, 1788.
" I have read, with astonishment, the letter giving an
account of the conversation which the famous Sweden
borg had with the queen Louisa Ulrica ; the circum
stances related in that letter are altogether false ; and I
hope the author will excuse me, if, by a faithful account,
which can be attested by many persons of distinction,
who were present, and are still alive, I convince him
how much he has been deceived.
"In 1758, a short time after the death of the Prince of
Prussia, Swedenborg came to court, where he was in the
habit of attending regularly. As soon as he was perceived
by the queen, she said to him, ’ Well, Mr. Assessor,
have you seen my brother ?’ Swedenborg answered ,
No ; whereupon she replied, ’ If you should see him,
remember me to him.’ In saying this, she did but jest,
and had no thought of asking him any information about
* See Intellectual Repository for 1813, p. 370.
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