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Doc. 264.] TESTIMONY COLLECTED BY PECKITT. 543
one Mr. Charles Lindegren, * a Swedish Merchant, who lives
in Mincing Lane, Fenchurch Street, was laid in state at an
Undertaker’s, and deposited in three coffins in the vault of
the Swedish Church, in Prince’s Square, Ratcliffe Highway,
with all the ceremonies of that Church.
2. It seems by the account of Mr. Shearsmith, that the
Baront had visited England three or four different times. He
writing with a view to its being preserved for the gratification of those,
who, like him, might hereafter regard every little anecdote of his life, that
could be depended on for its truth and accuracy, as a most precious relic.
Being myself in possession of all the particulars alluded to, I take this
opportunity of giving them to the public, in Mr. Peckitt’s own words, from
the original manuscript deposited in my hands upwards of forty years ago."
To Mr. Peckitt’s Memoranda, Mr. Hindmarsh, and also the editor, the Rev.
E. Madeley, added an abundant store of notes. Some of Mr. Hindmarsh’s
notes constituted an independent testimony respecting Swedenborg, and they
will be found in Document 264, B. The other notes of a mere explanatory
character we have retained as footnotes to the present documents.
The text of the following document has been taken from the "Intel
lectual Repository," and thus from that copy which had fallen into the
hands of Dr. Wilkinson ; the words in brackets [ ] have been added from
Mr. Hindmarsh’s copy.
Respecting Mr. Lindegren see Note 117, and respecting the disposition
which he made of Swedenborg’s property, see Document 141, and also
Document 263, nos. 8 and 11.
† Mr. Hindmarsh adds here in a note, "This undertaker’s name was
Robinson; and he kept a shop in Ratcliffe Highway, to which place the
remains of Swedenborg were conveyed in a hearse after his decease. I once
saw this Mr. Robinson, but had not an opportunity of conversing with him."
From Document 262, no. 15, it appears that "after his decease, Swedenborg’s
body was carried to the house of Mr. Burkhardt, the clerk of the Swedish
church, and was buried from thence." This seems more probable ; although
Robinson may have taken charge of the remains at Shearsmith’s house.
The Rev. E. Madeley adds here in a note: "Swedenborg is generally
designated ’Baron’ by the earlier readers of his writings. In all the documents
that are reprinted in this work [’Rise and Progress,’ &c.], that designation
is retained; but in other cases it is altered. His rank of nobility in his
own country was that of the Equestrian Order [that is, he was simply a
nobleman, or belonged to the lowest order of nobility]. It did not confer
upon him any title, it consisted only in the change of his name. But it
has been customary to call him ’Baron,’ because that is the lowest order
ofnobility in England. On the continent he was sometimes called ’Count.’
When he was ennobled by the Queen of Sweden, Ulrica Eleanora, his name
was changed from Swedberg to Swedenborg."
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