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634 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
NOTE 29.
EMERENTIA POLHEM .
Emerentia Polhem was born June 25, 1703. She had a literary
taste, and was known in her time for a work on Swedish rhyme. In
1723, she was married to Rückersköld, councillor of the Court of
Appeals, to whom she bore nine children. She died in 1760.
NOTE 30 .
REINHOLD RÜCKER OR RÜCKERSKÖLD.
Reinhold Rücker, called after his elevation to the rank of nobili
ty Rückersköld, was born in 1690. He was at first in the civil
service of Stockholm , where he remained until 1720; when he re
ceived an appointment as provincial judge (häradshöfding) in a part
of Dalecarlia. He married the same year his first wife who died
in 1721. In 1723, he married Emerentia Polhem , whose acquaint
ance he probably made in Dalecarlia, where she resided with her
father, at Stjernsund. In 1749, he became councillor in the Court
of Appeals, and in 1752 he was ennobled. He died in 1759.
NOTE 31.
SWEDENBORG’S MARRIAGE ENGAGEMENTS.
In the spring of 1718, Swedenborg joined Polhem at Weners
borg in the construction of the locks at the outlet of Lake Wener,
and on Sept. 14, 1718 he wrote to his brother -in -law , E. Benzelius
as follows: " Polhem’s eldest daughter is betrothed to a chamber.
lain of the King, Manderström by name. I wonder what people
will say to this, inasmuch as she was intended for me. His second
daughter is in my opinion much prettier" (see Document 81).
From this it follows in the first place, that when Swedenborg
became interested in Polhem’s second daughter, Emerentia, the
latter was between fifteen and sixteen, and not between thirteen
and fourteen years of age; and in the second place it follows,
that Swedenborg was actually engaged to be married at one time
to Maria, the eldest daughter of Polhem, who was born in 1698,
and was at the time twenty years of age, and who on the 11th of
November 1718, was married to Martin Ludvig Manderström ,80
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