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480 SWEDENBORG IN THE HOUSE OF NOBLES. [Doc. 171.
belongs to a higher class, and has a nobler name and a more
high-sounding title. All of which is submitted in all humility to
the mature deliberation of the Honourable Members of the Diet.
EMAN. SWEDENBORG.
Stockholm, May, 1723.
This memorial was read before the full House of Nobles
on May 22, and referred to the Committee on Instructions.
It was discussed also at the College of Mines on May 24th,
during Swedenborg’s absence. The members of the College were
opposed to the change proposed by Swedenborg, and they in
structed Assessor Bergenstierna125 to oppose the motion orally
in the Diet. See Section V, Document 154 A.
DOCUMENT 171.
MEMORIAL IN FAVOUR OF ESTABLISHING
ROLLING -MILLS IN SWEDEN.*
It is of the greatest importance for a country to promote
mechanical works and manufactures, especially those for which
the crude material is at hand: for by such works the common
material is ennobled, and commands a better price, and the
public derive benefit and advantage from it. It is well-known
throughout the whole world that no country has better
opportunities for establishing manufactories of iron than
Sweden; yet it is a source of regret to many, that we desire
and hope for the establishment of manufactories, without
doing anything to encourage and foster them. It is therefore
my humble desire to propose a plan in which a way to establish
and encourage such works is pointed out, so that they may
not only be founded, but may also increase in power and im
* This memorial is preserved in the Archives of the College of Mines
among the letters and rescripts from the King for the year 1725.
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