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CARL BROMAN . 697
which are contained in Section IX have been preserved. In the
last years of his life Messrs. Hope & Co. were his bankers in that
town. The following account of Cuno, which dates from the year
1769, (see Section X) bears witness to the friendly relations
which Swedenborg maintained with all these gentlemen: “ Besides
Messrs. Hope & Co., who are his bankers, Swedenborg sometimes
dines with his countrymen, Messrs. Grill and others. With Mr. Wretman
he dines almost every Sunday, with him also he is more intimate
than with others." Concerning Swedenborg’s transactions with
Messrs. Anton and Johan Grill, see Documents 134 and 135 B, and
also Wretman’s letters in Section X.
Young Clas Grill, whose name occurs in Document 141, was
born in 1750, and was a son of the Clas Grill mentioned above. He
came to London in 1769, where he was in the counting-house of
Messrs. Lindegren ,117 for some time. Björnstål speaks of him in
1776 (see Document 142), as an “honourable Swedish merchant and
a good friend of Mr. Springer." In 1786, he was made Swedish
Consul-General in London; in 1815, he was raised to the dignity of
a councillor of Chancery, and died in 1816.
* 121
NOTE 113.
CARL BROMAN .
Carl Broman, with whom Swedenborg, according to Document
135 E, had invested a capital of 10,000 dalers in copper, and whom
he there styles Master of Ceremonies, was born in 1703. In 1722,
he became a gentleman in attendance on the King. In 1733,
appointed vice-master of ceremonies; in 1737, chamberlain; and in
1744, chief Master of Ceremonies. In 1748, or shortly after Sweden
borg speaks of him as Master of Ceremonies, he was appointed Court
marshal, and in 1749 he became Governor of Elfsberg’s län, and in
1751 of Stockholm’s län; wherefore Swedenborg, in Document 138,
speaks of him as Governor Broman. He died in 1784.
he was
Swedenborg speaks of a Carl Broman twice in his “Spiritual
Diary," nos. 4151 and 5888. In the former number he says, that
he “dreamed" and "spoke” in his dream with Carl Broman ; and
in the latter number, that " there was shown to him one who was
like Carl Broman ;" from which expressions, however, it does not follow
by any means that the person there spoken of had departed from
the natural world. Wherefore we also believe that the Carl Broman
mentioned by Swedenborg in the above passages is the subject of
our note, although he did not depart this life until twelve years
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