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632 THREE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS. [Doc. 273.
in the following form:* "The Baron 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. ”
The statement that "his garden was destroyed," is not
corroborated by any other authority ; in fact Swedenborg
himself stated to Bergström that "his house and garden were
safe" [see above, section D].
F.
LETOCARD’S† ACCOUNT.‡
"On the 19th of August [July], 1759, when Swedenborg
returned from London, whither he went from time to time to
print new works, he said on landing at Gottenburg [?] , that
on this very day there was a great conflagration in Stockholm
in the Södermalm, and that his house, which was situated
there, would be preserved. A few days afterwards a confirm
ation of this statement was received in Gottenburg."
Most of the accounts concur in the statement that Sweden
borg told this news, not while he was landing, but while he
was assembled with many others at the house of a merchant.
On comparing the various accounts, it seems as if the
story, as told by Immanuel Kant in section A, contained the
real facts of the case; while from Stilling’s account, section B,
the particular may be added that "he was told so by the
angels."
* See Document 264, no. 12.
Letocard was the Secretary to the Dutch Ambassador Marteville.43
See Document 276, p. 683.
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