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814 [Doc. 309.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
doubtful, and by no means proved the justice of the de facto
possessors and so after awhile, it became considered by the
Society itself, as we shall see in the sequel."
D.
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE SWEDENBORG MSS. IN ENGLAND.
The history of the missing Swedenborg MSS . entered upon
a new phase on the decease of the Rev. M. Sibly in 1840,
when the MSS. in his possession were acquired by the Sweden
borg Society. The Society’s Reports for 1841, 1842, and 1843
contain a minute account of the mode in which these MSS.
came into their possession, and they furnish also all the docu
ments by which it can be shown what became of them after
wards. But we shall continue to take our account from the
"New Church Quarterly," supplementing this account after
wards by documents drawn from the Society’s Reports and
from other sources. The " New Church Quarterly" continues
on p. 69 :
"In the spring of 1841, after the decease of Mr. Sibly,
Mr. Bateman, the treasurer of the London Printing Society,
who was just as ignorant of the history of the MSS. as other
people, conceiving it to be very desirable that all of them
should be in the possession of that body, took an opportunity,
when visiting Miss Sibly, in the month of March, to advert
to them, and to suggest the propriety of some arrangement
being made in regard to them. To this, Miss Sibly readily
assented ; but added, that as her father had paid money for
them , she considered they ought to be paid for in money. This
was so obviously just, that it was immediately agreed to ; and
when, on Miss Sibly being asked how much she required for
them, she answered £ 10, Mr. Bateman immediately concluded
the bargain ; saying the amount was so trifling that he would
purchase them at once, and, should the Society not be willing
to have them at that price, retain them himself. The transfer
of this portion of the MSS. was made on the same day, and
Miss Sibly kindly added to them the transcripts made by
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