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408 [Doc. 149.
SWEDENBORG’S OFFICIAL LIFE.
myself under these instructions, but would esteem it most
valuable advice, as it would show me how I might best employ
my time for the benefit of the public. Within six weeks I
intend, with God’s help, to be in Amsterdam, where I shall
await Your Excellency’s and the Honourable Royal College’s
gracious instructions.
I remain, with the greatest deference, Your Excellency’s
and the Honourable Royal College’s
Most humble servant,
EMAN. SWEDENBORG.
Helsingborg, * June 30, 1721.
DOCUMENT 149.
SWEDENBORG TO THE KING .
[On his return to Sweden, Emanuel Swedenborg addressed
the following letter, dated Medevi,t July 14, to King Frederic,
who was staying at the same place. Of this letter, which
was sent the very same day by the King to the College
of Mines, with instructions to report thereon, two copies
exist in Swedenborg’s own handwriting: the identical copy
he addressed to the King is preserved in the College of
Mines among the Letters and Supplications ( Bref och Sup
pliquer) for the year 1722, p. 156; the other, which he sent to
his brother-in -law, Ericus Benzelius, is preserved in the Cathe
dral-Library at Linköping. A copy of the latter is contained
in Vol. I, of the photo -lithographic edition of Swedenborg’s MSS.
This letter was read before the College on October 4, and
is as follows:]
Most Mighty and Gracious King,
As your Royal Majesty takes a gracious inte
rest in the mining produce of your country, and as you are
likewise pleased to encourage all efforts by which the pro
ductiveness of our mines may be stimulated and increased,
* A Swedish sea-port on the Sound, opposite Helsingör in Denmark.
+ A Swedish Spa on the borders of Lake Wetter.
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