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Doc. 309.] 811
THE MISSING MANUSCRIPTS.
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in 1788, where he was baptized into the New Church, at
Eastcheap, on Christmas day. " We further read on p. 61 ,
that "Wadström was in London as late as April 1789, where
he was present at a Conference, then held in Great East
cheap." From the "Biografiskt Lexicon," Vol. XIX, p. 143,
we learn that Wadström continued in England until 1795,
when he went to France.
As to the mode in which Wadström on his arrival in
London disposed of these MSS., "The New Church Quarterly,"
Vol. I, p. 62, gives us the following information, "Whilst in
town, they (Wadström and Nordensköld) appear to have placed
the manuscripts confided to them, in the hands of M. Chasta
nier,222 a French surgeon, who resided in London for upwards
of forty years, and who was distinguished for his zeal in the
propagation of the doctrines of the New Church. With a view
of obtaining the means for their publication, M. Chastanier
issued in 1790 [ 1785] , Prospectus pour Imprimer par Souscription,
les Euvres Posthumes de l’Honorable et Savant Emanuel de
Swedenborg.
" On p. 64 we read further, "In 1790, it would
seem that another prospectus was issued, besides the one in
French previously mentioned ; this prospectus comprised eight
pages, octavo ; and it contained, amongst other things, ’Proposals
for printing, by subscription, Emanuel Swedenborg’s ’Spiritual
Diary,’ [this was the title by which Swedenborg’s Memorabilia,
nos. 2 and 3 in Documents 307 and 308, A, became subsequently
known in the New Church,] &c. The members of the New
Church, however, had by this time begun to establish them
selves, in London and elsewhere, as a separate body of
Christians, and found, perhaps, a more useful employment for
their moderate pecuniary means, in supporting the public
worship of the Lord, than in sustaining the expenses of such
a publication as the ’Diary’ of Swedenborg."
Of the subsequent history of the Swedenborg MSS., which
were left in the hands of M. Chastanier by Mr. Wadström,
we find in the "New Church Quarterly" (Vol. I, p. 67 et seq.)
the following account : "After Chastanier’s unsuccessful attempt
in 1790, to publish the other MSS. by subscription , they re
mained, we believe, for some years in his hands. He, however,
was advancing in life, and diminishing as to pecuniary means.
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