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COUNT BERNSTORFF. 1151
your brother said, he would translate into English, and have them
printed in some weekly paper treating on matters connected with
Swedenborgianism, which is about to be started in London. He
thinks that in this manner they would be more widely spread, and
more generally read."
The last letter of General Tuxen is dated March 26, 1792.
How long afterwards he lived in this world is not known; but
he probably soon after departed into the other life, as his letters
are full of the descriptions of the ailments under which he was then
suffering.
NOTE 202.
COUNT BERNSTORFF.
Count Andrew Peter von Bernstorff was born in 1735, in Bruns
wick-Lüneburg. After finishing his studies in the Universities of
Leipzig and Göttingen, and making a long journey through England,
France, Switzerland, and Italy, he entered the service of Denmark,
where his cousin Count J. Hartwig E. von Bernstorff was a senator
and Councillor of State. In 1767 he, together with his cousin whom
Frederic the Great called the " oracle of Denmark,” were created
Danish counts. In 1769 he was appointed privy councillor, but was
removed from office when Struensee was appointed minister in chief.
After Struensee’s downfall he was re-appointed to his former office,
and soon became a minister of state. He was instrumental in
effecting several important treaties for Denmark; and was a constant
protector of civil liberty and the freedom of the press. Under his
administration Denmark became the asylum of free thought for
Germany. By all possible means he stimulated the productive powers
of Denmark; and under his fostering care commerce, manufactures,
navigation, and agriculture flourished everywhere. In 1780 he found
that he could not work together with Guldberg, the prime-minister,
and retired from office; but he was recalled in 1784. He died in
1797, universally regretted.
In his letter to Gen. Tuxen (Document 245, p. 272) Swedenborg
writes, "I send you the enclosed copy [his letter to the King, Docu
ment 245, X ] , which I have also presented to the Privy Council,
that it may be communicated to Count Bernstorff and Count Thott,
so that they may see what the state of the case really is." It is
possible that by Count Bernstorff Swedenborg does not mean here
Count Andrew Peter, but his cousin Count John Hartwig Ernst,
who was then likewise Councillor of State in Copenhagen. But as
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