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574 REFUTATION OF FALSE REPORTS. [Doc. 269.
is likely to be assistant in clearing it up. I shall use every
endeavour in my power, in consequence of yours, to destroy
this prejudice, if it be in our power; and therefore wish the
lines you may favour me with, in answer to these, may be
written apart from any other matter whatever, as I shall be
able to make the better use of them in that shape.
’I need not say, I am sure, how anxious I shall be to
receive them. Your zeal in so good a cause makes all further
apology, I well know, entirely superfluous. ’
’
I beg you will continue to believe me,
’Dear Sir, affectionately yours,
’
WILLIAM GOMM.
’Hague, October 14, 1785.’
’P. S.-A part of the Swedish Nobleman’s information is
said to have come from the people of the house, where Baron
Swedenborg lived and died. This being so near at hand, may
possibly be cleared up by yourself, dear Sir, (at least to the
satisfaction of candid people,) by what you may be able to
collect from these living witnesses, upon proper queries ; as,
Who visited the Baron in his last hours? What language did
they speak with him in? What questions did they ask him?
and, What do they recollect to have heard, at the time, of his
answer? &c., &c.’
Mr. Hindmarsh continues, "As soon as I received this letter
from Mr. Gomm, I called on my friend Mr. Thomas Wright, of
the Poultry, Watchmaker to the King, and consulted with
him on the measures most proper to be taken to meet the
occasion; and we came to the resolution, in the first instance,
of waiting upon Mr. Shearsmith, at his house in Great Bath
Street, Cold Bath Fields, Clerkenwell, to ascertain from his
own mouth the truth or falsehood of the report alluded to.
Accordingly we immediately proceeded to Mr. Shearsmith’s
house, and, after stating to him the cause of our visit, requested
that he would openly and candidly declare, whether to his
knowledge or belief, there was any foundation in truth for the
report in question. His answer was prompt and satisfactory:
he assured us, in the most positive terms, and in a manner
which bespoke the sincerity of his heart, that the report was
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