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466 HIS LIFE AT THE COLLEGE OF MINES. [Doc. 167.
and published by him have contributed to the use and
honour of his country, as well as of himself. We therefore
decree, and by this open letter, release Emanuel Swedenborg
from the office of Assessor in our and the country’s College
of Mines, which he has hitherto filled with renown ; and, as a
token of the satisfaction with which we look upon his long
and faithful services, we also most graciously permit him to
retain for the rest of his life the half of his salary as an
Assessor. Let all whom it concerns take notice of this.
For additional confirmation of this we sign our name, and
order our royal seal to be attached hereunto.
FREDERIC.
GUST. BONEAUSCHÖLD ,13
The Council Chamber, Stockholm , June 12, 1747.
130
B.
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE COLLEGE FOR 1747.
June 15. Assessor Emanuel Swedenborg handed in to
the College of Mines the Royal Decree by which he was
released from his duties here in the Royal College, retaining
during his life half of his salary as an Assessor.
All the members of the Royal College regretted losing so
worthy a colleague, and they asked the Assessor to kindly
continue attending the sessions of the College, until all those
cases should be adjudicated that had been commenced during his
attendance at the College, to which the Assessor kindly assented.
June, (Swedenborg absent from the College, 16 to 18,)
present 20, 22, (absent 23 to 27,) present 29, 30.
July, (absent 1 to 9,) present 10, (absent to the 17th.)
July 17. Assessor Swedenborg, who intends as soon as
possible to commence his new journeys abroad, came up for
the purpose of taking leave of the Royal College. He thanked
all those at the Royal College for the favour and kindness he had
received from them during his connection with the College, and
commended himself to their further friendly remembrances.
The Royal College thanked the Assessor for the minute
care and fidelity with which he had attended to the duties of
his office as an Assessor up to the present time; they wished him
a prosperous journey and a happy return ; after which he left.
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