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Doc. 263.] TESTIMONY COLLECTED BY PROVO. 539
avoid company, and making known the knowledge of where ho
was. Some of his friends here spoke against him, and some
were for him : for my own part, I think he was a reasonable,
sensible, and good man : he was very kind to all, and
generous to me. As for his peculiar sentiments, I do not
meddle with them.
11. I do not know of any of his manuscripts being left
here ; and as for his books, I think Mr. Lindegren,117 who is at
present in the Royal Exchange Assurance Office, can best tell
what was done with them. Swedenborg received his remittances
from him. He always appeared to have money sufficient for
him. A Mr. Grill,112 in Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, also knows
something of him. I do not remember seeing any books in
his chamber, and, not understanding Latin, I never read any
of his works.
B.
TESTIMONY COLLECTED FROM MR. COOKWORTHY.219
12. Mr. Cookworthy related to Mr. Provo, in 1778, that
he had been with Mr. Hartley¹ to see Swedenborg in Cold
bath Fields, a few years before he died, and that he was
near two hours with him, and well satisfied with his company.
A person was there who objected to some things that Sweden
borg said, and argued the point in his way; to which Sweden
borg said, "I converse with angels, or received information from
them, about such things :" which offended that person ; though
Mr. Cookworthy saw that it was the most forcible argument
that could have been used; and as a proof of his approbation
of the testimony, he afterwards published the first edition of
the treatise on Heaven and Hell, which cost £100.
C.
TESTIMONY COLLECTED FROM THE REV. THOMAS HARTLEY.¹
13. In 1781 , Mr. Hartley¹ related to Mr. Provo, that he
had been with Swedenborg in Coldbath Fields several times ;
that he was a kind and sensible man, and had something so
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