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638 [Doc. 274.
THREE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS.
corroborated by Kant’s friend, Mr. Green, by Dr. Clemm,
and Jung-Stilling, we hold to be the genuine account of this
occurrence ; and especially also because its general features
are confirmed by Swedenborg himself in the account which
he gave of this occurrence to Bergström.
We shall now have to present those accounts which vary
in some of their features from the above ; and first of all that
of Swedenborg’s friend Robsahm:
E.
ROBSAHM’S" ACCOUNT.*
"The Dutch ambassador, Marteville, died in Stockholm. His
widow , some time afterwards, was asked to pay a large sum
of money, which she knew had been paid. At last she dis
covered the document among his papers ; and there was a
general talk in town, that Swedenborg had contributed towards
it by his conversation with the deceased ambassador. I asked
Swedenborg about it, and he said that the lady had been to
see him, and had told him the circumstance, and that he
promised her that if he should meet Marteville he would
mention it to him. This was done ; and the ambassador
answered me,’ said Swedenborg, ’that he would go home that
same evening, and look after it, but I did not receive any
other answer for his widow. I have heard since, that she
discovered the important document; but I have had no other
share in bringing this matter to light than what I have stated.’
The general rumour was, that the widow dreamt that she was
speaking with her husband, who told her where the paper
would be found, in the place where he used to put things away."
This account, on first sight, we admit, has a very strong
probability in its favour ; for Robsahm, whom we have recog
nized as a faithful witness, reports the identical words of
Swedenborg, by whom he was assured that the information
concerning the whereabouts of the lost receipt was conveyed
to the widow not by himself, but by the ambassador, who
appeared to her in a dream. If Robsahm’s testimony was
confirmed by that of Bergström, we should feel strongly in
* See Document 5, no. 45.
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