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442 [Doc. 159.
SWEDENBORG’S OFFICIAL LIFE.
the College of Mines, in which they recommend him to grant
Emanuel Swedenborg leave of absence for nine months, to
enable him to print his “ Opera Philosophica et Mineralia ” in
Dresden. From the same memorial it also appears, that Emanuel
Swedenborg had previously applied to the King himself for
leave of absence, and that his application had been referred
to the College of Mines.]
A.
THE COLLEGE OF MINES TO HIS MAJESTY, THE KING . "
Most mighty and most gracious King.
As your Royal Majesty has been graciously
pleased to require a humble opinion of the College respecting
Assessor Emanuel Swedenborg’s humble petition, which he
presented to Your Majesty, and wherein he applies for leave
of absence for nine months, to enable him to proceed to
Dresden, there to superintend the printing of a work he has
written, in which, besides other things, he treats of the pro
cesses of smelting and working metals in the various mines
of Europe, with several other matters connected with mining
and other subjects ; the College has nothing to observe with
regard to this humble petition of Assessor Swedenborg, except
that it is well known to the College that he has with com
mendable industry, perseverance, and care, written much per
taining to mining, which is useful and which the College
would very much like to see printed. And as the Assessor’s
presence at the printing-office abroad is necessary, in order
that his work may be published with greater accuracy, the
College submits it to your Royal Majesty’s consideration,
whether the petition of the above-named Assessor ought not to
be granted. And although by the absence of the Assessor the
College will no longer have its full number, so as to be able
to pronounce judgment; still, in accordance with the Royal
Letters, dated March 5, 1688, and Nov. 12, 1702, it will, in
all matters where a judgment has to be given, associate with
itself the Secretary or Treasurer of the College, so that none
of the duties and requirements of the College may be delayed
* This Document is preserved in the State -Archives ( Riks-Arkivet), in
Stockholm among the Letters addressed to the King in 1733.
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