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642 [Doc. 274.
THREE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS.
"I must mention here incidentally that the history of the
25,000 Dutch gilders (N. B. they had not been demanded a
second time) is correct so far, that my wife was exercised
about it, as she could not find a receipt. Nevertheless, at
their visit to Swedenborg, nothing about this circumstance
was mentioned.
"Eight days afterwards the late M. de Marteville appeared
to my wife in a dream, and pointed out in an English case
(in einer englischen Schatulle) the place where there was not
only the receipt, but also a hair pin with twenty brilliants,
which was likewise considered lost.*
"This was about two o’clock in the morning. She rose
full of joy, and found everything in the place pointed out.
She then retired again, and slept until nine o’clock in the
morning. Towards eleven o’clock Mr. von Swedenborg begged
to be announced. Before he had heard a word from my wife
he related, that last night he had seen various spirits, and
among them M. de Marteville. Swedenborg desired to con
verse with him, but he refused ; because, as he said, he had
to go to his wife, and relate to her something of importance ;
when he would leave the colony [society] in which he had been
for about a year, and pass into one which is much more blessed.
"These are the real circumstances of the case which
happened to my wife in connection with the receipt, and also
in connection with Mr. von Swedenborg. I do not undertake
to penetrate the mysteries in which this affair is involved,
neither is it my vocation. I was simply requested to relate
the story. This duty I have fulfilled, and I shall be very
much pleased if it be deemed satisfactory by you.
"My wife desires to be remembered to you. I remain
with all deference, most reverend Sir,
"Your obedient servant
"von E[IBEN?].
"G......, April 11, 1775."
Holland for his garden in Stockholm) probably to the end of 1756, when
the last volume of the Arcana Calestia was printed in London, and when
he went thither to publish his work on " Heaven and Hell," with four
smaller treatises. He returned to Stockholm in the autumn of 1759.
* This is the only account where it is stated that the lost receipt was
found in a case or box.
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