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672 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
wise, by the destruction of this sincerity have now become among
the worst of their class.” Additional information respecting A. Swab’s
spiritual condition is given in the "Smaller Diary ," no. 4627, and
also on p. 53 ; likewise in the “Larger Diary," nos. 4701, 4835,
4839 (see note 58), 4842, 4843.
B.
ANTON SWAB.
Anton Swab, who is mentioned in Documents 101, 107, and 114,
was a step-brother of Emanuel Swedenborg’s, his mother, Christina
Arrhusia, having been, as already stated, the third wife of Bishop
Swedberg. Anton Swab was born in 1702 at Fahlun ; he studied
at Upsal, became auscultant in the College of Mines in 1723; was
made master of mines (bergmästare) at Skåne in 1736 ; fellow of the
Academy of Sciences in 1742 ; assessor in the College of Mines in
1748; councillor of Mines in 1751, when he was also ennobled. He
was never married, and died in 1768. Like his brother he interested
himself very much in mining matters, and he undertook journeys to
other countries in order to perfect himself in the science and art of
mining.
C.
JOHANNES MORÆUS.
Johannes Moræus, who is mentioned together with Anders Swab
in Document 50, was first cousin to Emanuel Swedenborg, his mother
Barbro being a sister of Bishop Swedberg. His father was tax
commissioner at Fahlun, and his grandfather, Magister Petrus Jonæ,
was Rector of Mora, and subsequently of Fahlun. After the death
of his father in 1678, he was educated in Stockholm at the expense
of Bishop Swedberg, who was then regimental chaplain. On leaving
school, he was apprenticed to a ’ chemist. After Bishop Swedberg
had removed to Upsal, he appointed Moræus in 1696 private tutor
to his son Emanuel, who was then eight years old. He remained at
Upsal seven years, enjoying the tuition of Rudbeck, Roberg, and
other eminent professors, imparting at the same time the rudiments
of learning to his young and gifted pupil. In 1703 he travelled abroad
at the expense of his uncle Jesper Swedberg, who meanwhile had
been advanced to the bishopric of Skara. After studying medicine
under Boerhave at Leyden for a year, and spending another year in
Paris, he returned home, having obtained the degree of doctor of
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