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620 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
NOTE 19.
CARL ROBSAHM .
Carl Robsahm, who was the treasurer (camererare) of the Bank
(Lån - Banquen ) in Stockholm , was descended from a Scotch family
called Robson, which had emigrated to Sweden towards the close of the
sixteenth century. He seems to have been intimately acquainted with
Swedenborg during the latter part of his life, and to have had great
respect for him , as appears from the simple and unvarnished account
which he has left of the great seer. His testimony, (which constitutes Do
cument 5,) so far as he relates what he himself had seen and heard during
the latter period of Swedenborg’s life, seems perfectly trustworthy and
reliable; but what he says concerning his earlier life, must be received
as a mere matter of report, and must be judged according to the laws
of evidence. This applies particularly to what he says in No. 36
of his "Memoirs." That Robsahm was not acquainted with the
circumstances of Swedenborg’s earlier life, so as to deserve implicit
credence, is proved from No. 34, where he states that “ from his father,
Bishop Swedberg, too, Swedenborg had obtained a considerable
inheritance," when yet the facts of the case are, that Bishop Swed
berg died a poor man, as appears from the following extract of a
letter which his son -in -law, Dean Unge, wrote to Swedenborg in
1731, four years before the Bishop’s death. “Möller is now beginning
to swindle the Bishop on a new account; for he desires to print the
collection of sermons which was burnt. The Bishop has no money,
but owes from 500 to 600 dalers to the Cathedral, which Möller
received for printing the Catechism last year. How will this end,
if he begin printing in his poverty ? .... The Bishop plunges himself
more and more into debt."
NOTE 20.
CARL FREDERIC NORDENSKÖLD.
The “worthy man,” by whom Robsahm was called upon to state
"what he had seen and heard in Swedenborg’s company," (see Docu
ment 5, No.1) was no other than CarlFrederic Nordensköld, who together
with his friend C. B. Wadström,36 was one of the earliest promoters
of the cause of the New Church in Sweden. He was the youngest son
of Colonel C. F. Nordensköld of Finland, and became acquainted in
his youth with the writings of Swedenborg, which he considered
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