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668 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
Duhamel in the chair of philosophy in the College of France. He
was a member of the Royal Society of London, and of the Academy
of Berlin . He died in Paris in 1722. His eulogy at the Academy
was pronounced by Fontenelle. Swedenborg was intimately acquainted
with Varrignon, as appears from Document 45, p. 226.
NOTE 61 .
JOHAN PALMQVIST.
Johan Palmqvist, the Swedish ambassador at the Hague from
1702 to 1715, was Swedenborg’s patron during his stay in Holland
in 1713. Swedenborg says of him in Document 45, p. 240, “Dur
ing my stay in Holland I was most of the time in Utrecht, where
the Diet met, and where I was in great favour with Ambassador
Palmqvist, who had me every day at his house; every day also
I discussed on algebra with him . He is a great mathematician, and
also a great algebraist. He wished me not to go away.” During
his stay at Utrecht, Swedenborg addressed a Latin poem to Palmqvist
upon the arrival of his wife, who had lately presented him with
a daughter. This poem occupies pages 6 to 9 of Swedenborg’s
Ludus Heliconius, Dr. Tafel’s edition. Swedenborg expected a great
deal from Palmqvist, who had in 1714 risen to the post of High
Chancellor (Hofkanslär), as we may see from Document 47 ; but he
died very soon after in the beginning of 1716. In Anrep’s Ättar.
Taflor (Vol. III, p. 146) we read further concerning him : "He was
connected with the College of Chancery in 1678, became secretary
of the commission at the French court in 1686 ; resident minister
in France in 1697 ; and in 1702, he was appointed Extraordinary
Ambassador to the General States. In 1714 he became High Chancellor ;
and died in Stockholm in January, 1716. He married Anna Christina
Lindstow, daughter of the Dutch General Lindstow . Their daughter
Margaretha Sophia was married to Boneausköld,130 the Secretary
of State.
NOTE 62.
LEIBNITZ.
The celebrated philosopher, Leibnitz, whom Swedenborg, ac
cording to Document 47, desired to see, resided at that time in
Hanover, although he was absent in Vienna when Swedenborg
passed through Hanover in 1715. Leibnitz died the year following,
in his seventy -second year. Swedenborg describes several meetings
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