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A letter was read from Mr. Walton, communicating a letter 

 from Mr. Carlson, containing a short biography of M. Schonherr. 

 Mr. Carlson states — 



" 4, Aberdeen Place, Maida Hill, 

 August 4, 1848. 



" My dear Sir, — According to your wish I have procured from 

 Sweden a sketch of my late uncle, Mr. Schonherr's life, which I 

 have translated into English for you, leaving to you to make 

 whatever use of it you think proper. In case you should decide 

 upon publishing it in some periodical, the English requires a little 

 polishing, which I hope you will be kind enough to undertake. 



" One of the sons-in-law of Mr. Schonherr, who is Professor 

 of Theology at the University of Upsala, informs me that he is 

 engaged to publish the life of Mr. Schonherr in the form of a 

 book or pamphlet, which will probably be ready by the end of 

 this year. 



" The enclosed sketch is taken from a recent publication called 

 " Biographical Lexicon of celebrated Swedish Men," to the editor 

 of which Mr. Schonherr himself has given the principal facts, 

 which consequently can be relied upon. 



" Believe me, my dear sir, 



yours very faithfully, 



G. W. Carlson. 



" To John Walton, Esq. 



" Carl Johan Schonherr. 



" Born in Stockholm, June 10th, 1772. His father, Christian 

 Schonherr, who died in 1783, was a native of Saxony, who settled 

 in Sweden, where he became a silk manufacturer in the city of 

 Stockholm. After his death the business was carried on by his 

 widow, Louisa Christina Herrman, also a native of Germany, until 

 1791, when their son Carl Johan, having finished his education, 

 became sole manager of this silk raanufactury, which had been 

 estiiblished in Stockholm by his father. By great talent and 

 industry Schonherr improved the manufactory very considerably, 

 so that the number of looms in full operation amounted to seventy- 

 two, on which more than 200 hands were employed. In 1802 he 

 was elected Deputy of the Silk-Mercers' Company, and in 1 809 was 

 returned to the Diet as one of the Members for the City of Stock- 



