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622 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
36
A selection of the anecdotes which were thus collected by
Mr. C. F. Nordensköld and his brother Augustus86 was sent by the
former to Abbé Pernety,34 Berlin, in 1782, and were embodied by
the latter in the “ Account of Swedenborg,” which he prefixed to his
French translation of " Heaven and Hell," published in Berlin in
1782. The “ Account of Swedenborg ," given by Pernety, is our
Document 6, and by analysis it will be shown that almost the whole
of that account was furnished to him by the two Nordenskölds. In
1783, C. F. Nordensköld went to London, where he remained until
1786. Finding that the manuscripts of Swedenborg could not be
published in Sweden, he took the original manuscript of the " Apo
calypse Explained,” and copies of several of the minor works to
London, with a view of having them published there. The " Hiero
glyphic Key," the " Summary Exposition of the Prophets and Psalms,"
were printed during his stay in London, as well as the first two
volumes of the " Apocalypse Explained." The remaining manuscripts
he left in charge of Dr. Spence in 1786, when he was summoned
back to Sweden. On his return to Sweden he instituted, in con
junction with his brother Augustus Nordensköld,39 and his friend
C. B. Wadström ,86 the Philanthropic Exegetic Society, the object of
which was to publish the writings of Swedenborg in the Swedish
language, and to collect documents respecting him . There was like
wise published by that Society a Journal called Samlingar för
Philantroper, of which four numbers appeared. The Society was at
first very prosperous, and counted some of the most influential men
in Stockholm among its members; but it was broken up in 1789.
After its dissolution, Nordensköld began the publication of a periodical
called “ The Citizen " (Medborgaren ), which was interdicted in 1789 ;
in 1790, he published another journal entitled Allmänt Magazin,
which was likewise prohibited. In 1792, he was appointed secretary
to the Swedish legation in Hamburg; in 1801, he removed to
Anklam , Pomerania, and thence in 1807 to Rostock in Mecklenburg,
where he had the title of chargé d’affaires of Sweden, and where
he remained, till the end of his life in 1828. From 1822 to 1828,
he corresponded freely with Dr. Immanuel Tafel of Tübingen, and
furnished him with valuable information for his researches into the
character of Swedenborg, and the state of the New Church in Sweden.
His correspondence and literary remains are in the possession of his
youngest son, Dr. O. von Nordensköld in Berlin. C. F. Nordensköld,
throughout the whole of his life, appeared to be a man of integrity
and to have intense love for the New Church.
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