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BARON DE BRETEUIL. 1161
late husband. The name of the widow was Elsje Warsing, and she
died in 1761.
Both while a soldier and a merchant Cuno was a prolific writer,
in prose as well as in poetry. The first work of consequence which
he had printed was "Moral Letters" (Moralische Briefe), twenty
four in number, which he addressed to his adopted son, John van
der Laag; these letters, which were written in poetry, were printed
in 1747 ; a second edition appeared in Hamburg in 1752 ; they were
translated also into Dutch and Latin. In 1749 his "Ode to his
Garden" (Cuno’s Ode an seinen Garten) appeared. This Ode pleased
several renowned botanists, and they induced the author to publish
a second enlarged edition with engravings. In 1758 he published
the first volume of a collection of hymns, which was followed in
1759, 1762, and 1764 by three additional volumes. His most extensive
poetical work was a "Messiad" in twelve cantos, which appeared in
Amsterdam in 1762.
The date of Cuno’s death is uncertain; the Biographie Universelle
reports him to have died in 1780, Meusel maintains that he still
lived in 1796, while Guden states that he died in 1783.
NOTE 213.
BARON DE BRETEUIL.
Baron de Breteuil was the ambassador of France to the Hague in
1769, and had previously been ambassador to the Swedish court.
Cuno reports respecting him, on the authority of another person
(Document 256, p. 451), that "he tells everywhere such great things
about Swedenborg, because he is simple enough to believe them
himself." Cuno from his own experience says on p. 452, that "he
had seen letters at Swedenborg’s house from the French ambassador
inviting him to the Hague."
Louis Auguste le Tonnelier, Baron de Breteuil, was born in 1733.
He first entered the military service of France, where he distingui
shed himself by decision, penetration, and indefatigable activity, so
that the attention of Louis XV was directed to him, who sent
him in 1758 as minister to the court of the Elector of Cologne.
In 1760 he was initiated into the secrets of the policy of the French
Court and sent as ambassador to Russia. Thence he was sent to
the Court, of Sweden, where he strengthened the hands of the French
.
party. In 1769 he went to Holland, afterwards to Naples, and in
1775 to Vienna. After his return to France he was made Minister
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