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GUSTAF BONEAUSCHÖLD. 713
NOTE 129.
HANS BIERCHENIUS.
Hans Bierchenius was promoted to Secretary Porath’s127 place,
when Swedenborg left the College of Mines on leave of absence in
1736 (see Dr. Kahl’s “Narratiunculæ ,” p. 13). In 1750, he was raised
to the dignity of assessor. He married Anna Catharina Leijel, who
was related to the Leijels of Notes 103 and 124. He is one of the
few persons with whom Swedenborg was associated at the College
of Mines whom he found in the other world in a good state. He
says concerning him in the Spiritual Diary," no. 4717 : "I saw two
with whom I had been acquainted in the world (Moræus66 and
Bierchenius). They appeared with countenances which differed from
their former ones. When asked whether I recognized the latter, I
said, No. I then divined that it was Bierchenius, and it was also
discovered to me that it was he. He had a shining, fair human
countenance, and was seen in a carriage which was half opened , for
he was then reflecting on the doctrine of charity .”
NOTE 130 .
GUSTAF BONEAUSCHÖLD.
Gustaf Boneauschöld was secretary of State after Baron Ceder
ström ,
,128 and in this capacity he affixed his name to the decree by
which Swedenborg’s resignation as assessor in the College of Mines
was accepted (see Document 167). He was the son of Abraham
Boneau, a merchant in Stockholm . He was private secretary to Count
Arvid Horn ,104 in 1707 ; and secretary to the president of the College
of Chancery in 1714. In 1719, he was ennobled, and became secretary
of the Department of the Interior; in 1727, he was made councillor
of Chancery, and in 1739 secretary of State. He died in 1754.
According to Anrepp, Boneausköld was the special favourite and
confidant of King Frederic, but was not greatly loved by the people.
He was also very intimate with Bishop Swedberg, as appears from
Document 18, where the Bishop says, “ Secretary Boneausköld especially
is one of my good friends." Boneausköld married in 1727 Margaretha
S. Palmqvist, the daughter of Swedenborg’s former partron, High
Chancellor Palmqvist (see Note 61). His character, as it developed
itself in the other world, is described by Swedenborg in the Spiritual
Diary,” nos. 4788 to 4790. “He was of such a character that his
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