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Doc. 265.] TESTIMONY COLLECTED BY HINDMARSH. 547
them or not. The Baron at that time had converse with the
Queen, and her brother died in Prussia. She was very desirous
to know if he had received the letters. She consulted the
Baron who said he would inform her in a few days. He did
so, and told her, he had received them, and was going to
answer them, and that in an escritoire of the Prince was a letter
unfinished intended for her; but he was taken ill, and died.
She sent to the King of Prussia, and it was as the Baron had
foretold-the King sent her the unfinished letter.
14. It seems the Baron was always subject to an impediment
in his speech. He wrote none of his theological works for
gain. So much from Mr. Springer.
DOCUMENT 265.
TESTIMONY COLLECTED BY
ROBERT HINDMARSH.225
A.
FROM HIS WORK ENTITLED, "A VINDICATION OF THE CHARACTER AND
WRITINGS OF THE HONOURABLE EMANUEL SWEDENBORG," PUBLISHED IN
MANCHESTER, 1821.
1.* I well knew Mr. Richard Shearsmith,226 who lived in
Coldbath Fields, Clerkenwell, and at whose house Swedenborg
lodged and died; and I have often had occasion to speak to
him of the character, habits, and manners of the Baron: and
he uniformly gave the most unequivocal and honourable
testimony concerning him, both with respect to the goodness
of his heart, and the soundness of his understanding. He
declared himself ready to attest (upon oath, if required) that
"from the first day of his coming to reside at his house, to
the last day of his life, he always conducted himself in the
most rational, prudent, pious, and Christianlike manner: and
he was firmly of opinion, that every report injurious to his
character had been raised merely from malice, or disaffection
* See p. 21.
85*
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