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Doc. 312.] ANALYSIS OF CORRESPONDENCE. 883
letters that Etinger addressed to Swedenborg two have likewise been
published by that gentleman ; they are Documents 231 and 233.
"No. 20. Four letters from various persons. "
Among these were probably those addressed to Swedenborg by the
Rev. Thomas Hartley, Documents 1 and 3 ; and by Doctor Beyer,
Document 223, the last of which was copied by Bergius.
"No. 21. First draughts of several letters."
Among these was probably Swedenborg’s letter to the King of Sweden,
which was copied by Bergius, Document 245, X; and the letters he
addressed to the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt and to his Minister
Venator, Documents 246 to 248.
"No. 22. Letters from Polhem, Klingenstjerna,293 A. Celsius,
N. Schenmark, the Universities of Upsal and Åbo, and
several bishops. "
Some of Polhem’s letters to Swedenborg found their way into the
cathedral-library of Linköping, from which they have been inserted
into the present collection ; they constitute Documents 51, 53, 65,
66, 71. The letter from N. Schenmark and Swedenborg’s answer
to the same are bound up in Codex 67. The rest of the letters
have not been preserved.
"No. 23. Decrees, orders, with several other papers, con
cerning the life of Assessor Swedenborg. "
Among these decrees was that by which the King of Sweden accepted
Swedenborg’s resignation; this constitutes Document 167. Among
the papers, however, which concerned the life of Assessor Swedenborg
was no doubt the first draught of his reply to the Rev. T. Hartley
which contains his autobiography, Document 2.
If now we take a review of the history of Swedenborg’s corres
pondence, we have great reason to congratulate ourselves that so many
of these letters have reached our time ; we hope also that the letters
which have disappeared from the Academy of Sciences have not
been destroyed, and that they will emerge some time from their
hiding-places.
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