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After this the old coffins were deposited in a new coffin of oalc, bear- 

 ing upon its lid the following inscription: »Emanuel Swedenborg 1688—1772». 

 After the vault had again been closed, and the new coffin had been screwed down, 

 it was set down before the altar in the church in order to be taken, later in 

 the day, after a short service, to the Paddington depot, and from there, under 

 the superintendence of Captain H. Bergmark, to Dartmouth, to be taken on board 

 the cruiser »Fylgia» for the purpose of taking it home to Sweden. 



In fidem 



Augustin Beck-Fkiis. 

 Legation Councillor at the Royal Legation in London. 



Attested by 



Herman Wrangel. 



No. 1-.'. 



Proceedings at the examination of Swedenborg's coffin in the Cathedral, 



Upsala, May 29th, 1908. 



On the 29th of May, 1908, there was undertaken by the undersign- 

 ed, in Upsala Cathedral, according to the commission of the Royal 

 Society of Sciences of Upsala, and Avith the permission of the Cathe- 

 dral Chapter of Upsala, the opening of the covering around the bodily 

 remains of Emanuel Swedenborg, deceased in London the 29th of March, 

 1772. 



There were present at this performance the following members 

 of the Cathedral Chapter : Messrs. the Archbishop Ekman, the Dean 

 Berggren, the Professors Lundström, Martin and Stave, as also the 

 Cathedral Registrar Pastor Söderberg, which gentlemen testified to 

 the identity of Swedenborg's coffin. Besides, there were present 

 Professor Wirén, President of the Royal Society of Sciences, Mr. A. 

 Stroh, M. A., and the Notary of the Cathedral Chapter, Barrister 

 Radhe. 



The minutes were kept by the undersigned, Vestberg. 

 In a communication of the 13th inst. [May, 1908], signed by B. Hasselberg and 

 Chr. Aurivillius, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences had delivered to the Royal 

 Society of Sciences of Upsala copies of two letters from a certain Mr. R. ['], in which 

 letters information was contained which could give rise to suspicions as to the genui- 

 neness of the cranium in Swedenborg's coffin, and on this ground the Academy had 

 raised the question of investigations concerning the cranium. The Royal Society 

 of Sciences, on the 27th inst., after a communication from Archbishop Ekman that 



[On account of certain personal reasons the name is here not written in full.] 



