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64 [ Doc. 6.
GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
But when he saw that the hatred and envy in the two parties
were on the increase he attended but rarely ; for he always
decided by his love of truth and justice.*
22. Swedenborg gave every year a sum of money to the
poor of the parish in which his house was situated. But he
said that good ought to be done with discretion, because
otherwise there was danger of harm being done by ill-placed
alms. +
23. In his almanac for the year 1767, there s a note
in his handwriting, stating that he had spoken with the great
musician, Roman143, on the day when he was buried, and even
at the very moment of his funeral.
24. Senator Count Höpken28 and the wife of Swedenborg’s
gardener both informed me with regard to the two following
facts. After the death of Mr. de Marteville,43 a considerable sum
of money was demanded from his widow, which it was stated
her husband owed. She knew very well that this pretended
debt had been paid, but she did not know where he had placed
the receipt. In her trouble she applied to Swedenborg. He in
formed her next morning, that he had spoken with her deceased
husband, and that he had declared to him where he had
placed the receipt, and that it would be found in the place
described. The deceased person appeared also to his widow,
in the same dressing gown which he wore before his death,
and having given her the same indications, departed. She
was so much frightened by this, that she wakened the lady
attending her who was sleeping in the same room , and related
this occurrence to her. The receipt was found in the place
Swedenborg had named. This occurrence made a great deal
of noise at the court and in town, and every one related it
in his own fashion.
25. Second fact: The Queen Dowager, widow of Adolphus
Frederic, and sister of the King of Prussial?, having heard a
* Cfr. Robsahm’s Memoirs, § 31.
+ Compare Robsahm’s statement on this subject, $ 33.
# Compare Robsahm’s account of this occurrence, as he obtained it
from Swedenborg himself, $ 45; compare also the account of the Countess
of Schwerin, sister of Madame de Marteville, and of the second husband
of Madame de Marteville, in Section XI.
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