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546 [Doc. 264.
TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES.
She said, that he was a good-natured man ; and that he was
a blessing to the house, for that they had harmony and good
business, while he was with them. She said, that before he
came to their house [the first time,] he was offered another
lodging in the neighbourhood, but he told the mistress there
was no harmony in the house ; which she acknowledged, and
recommended him to Mr. Shearsmith’s.
11. Upon asking the maid if he ever ate any animal food
she said, he once had some pigeon pie. She said that he
told them a few days before his death, when it would happen ;
and , said she, "he was pleased," and she made a comparison
that the pleasure was such, "as if he was going to have a
holiday, to go to some merry-making. "
B.
TESTIMONY COLLECTED FROM MR. SPRINGER.121
12. London, March 16, 1778, I, Henry Peckitt, called on
Mr. Springer, no. 12, Craven Buildings, near Wych Street,
who is Counsellor of Commerce for Sweden. He had been
acquainted with the Baron Swedenborg for many years. It
seems that the Baron had visited England many times during
his life. Mr. Springer told me, the Baron had a fine house
and garden at Stockholm ; and [ that on one occasion] he was
sitting with company at Gottenburg, which is 188 miles[?] from
Stockholm ; when he told them, that that part of the
town was then on fire, where his house and garden were
[situated]; but he hoped his house would escape the
flames, 1759. He shortly after told them, his house was
safe, but the garden was destroyed,* and when the post arrived
a few days after, it was as he had predicted.
13. Mr. Springer also told me, that the Queen of Sweden
had written letters to her brother, a Prince of Prussia; and
that, having no answers, she doubted whether he had received
employed by the Society in Cross Street, Hatton Garden, to clean the
church, and open the pew-doors, when the Temple was first opened for
public worship in 1797."
* This statement is not quite correct, see Document 272, E, no. 2.
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