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Doc. 294.] DOCUMENTS COLLECTED BY MR. WHITE. 743
E.
FOURTH LETTER OF BISHOP SWEDBERG TO THE KING."
"Most Mighty King, Most Gracious Lord,
"It has pleased God to allot me seven children,
for whose well-being I am bound to care. Three are sons.
The eldest [ Emanuel] seeks by study to render himself per
fectly accomplished for the service of Your Majesty and our
fatherland ; the second [ Eliezer] does so likewise in mining ;
and the third [Jesper] by service for two years in Your Majesty’s
army in Pomerania, and now, by a voyage to the far Indies.
The daughters are all married to honourable men ; two are
wedded to clergymen-one [Anna] to Eric Benzelius, and the
other [Catherina ] to Jonas Unge ; of the remaining two, one
[Margaretha] is married to Lundstedt, the Master of the Horse
in Your Majesty’s Life Guards, and the other [Hedwig] to
Lars Benzelstjerna,† the Master of the Mines in East and West
Bergslagen.
"For these I make bold in all humility to solicit, that it
may please Your Royal Majesty to promote to the rank and
place of Nobles my afore-named sons and my two last-named
sons-in-law, the Master of the Horse, Lundstedt, and the
Master of the Mines, Benzelstjerna.† It will encourage them
to be still more worthy of the grace of Your Royal Majesty ;
and to me, Your Majesty’s loyal subject, your favour will be
peculiarly agreeable.
"JESPER SWEDBERG.
"Brunsbo, February 9, 1715."
* Ibid. p. 32.
The Bishop’s son-in-law, before he was ennobled in 1719, was not called
"Benzelstjerna," but Benzelius."
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