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older coffin, properly sealed, was deposited on April 7th. The minutes 

 of these proceedings are printed in the Äjjpendix, Nos. 10 and 11. The 

 coffin was placed before the altar in the church, and an impressi^'e ser- 

 vice was held on the same day, after which the coffin was taken to Padding- 

 ton depot and transported the same night by train to Dartmouth. On the 

 following day, April 8th, the coffin was taken on board the Swedish crui- 

 ser »Fylgia», where a number of members of the New Church were 

 gathered to bid a last farwell to the remains of Swedenboeg. On the 

 18th of April the »Fylgia» arrived at Karlskrona, where the coffin was 

 borne in ceremonious procession to the Church of the Admiralty 30. 



Fig. 6. The Cathedral in Upsala. 



Several different suggestions had been made as to the place 

 where the celebrated man's remains should find their final resting-place. 

 Swedenborg had, of course, spent the greater and most productive 

 portion of his life in the capital of Sweden, his birthplace, and for that 

 reason many considered that he should rest there. Since it was ne- 

 cessary that a definite burial place for his remains should be provided, 

 before the authorities could decide to take final measures to have them 

 transported to Sweden, by a donation of Mrs. Anna Hierta-Retzius to 



