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To these academic sources of income must be 
added the sums received for private and “ most 
private 55 coaching lectures, from the office of President 
at disputations, which amounted to a fair sum, 
according to the ideas of the time. Linne’s active 
authorship contributed also a not inconsiderable total. 
After his father-in-law’s death, a goodly amount came 
to his wife, although the bulk was bequeathed to his 
mother-in-law, which afterwards came to the Linnean 
household. Consequently the Professor’s income, 
especially during the last two decades, was decidedly 
comfortable, whilst the amount of the savings effected 
by his wife increased. 
A further increment came from investments; thus 
in 1746 Linne paid 6,000 copper dalers [£150], 
(probably the bequest from his father-in-law) to Nils 
Kyronius for certain fields outside Svartbackstullen, 
which he, or rather his wife, made use of for her 
farming, and several such transactions are on record. 
Far more important was the purchase made in 
1758, “ of a little residence near Uppsala for 40,000 
dalers [£3,000] with five farms and a village costing 
40,000 more; 200 barrels of grain was the produce of 
the farms, “ but four men in war time will suffice 
for their cultivation.” Both estates, Hammarby and 
Safja, were in the parish of Danmark near Uppsala. 
In March, 1759, he acquired by purchase from 
Professor John Ihre, the neighbouring estate of 
Edeby. In consequence of these transactions, he 
had to borrow in 1759, 40,000 copper dalers [,£1,000] 
of the Consistory with his chair and the rents for 
security. 
The purchase of these landed estates was advan¬ 
tageous as producing even now a larger income than 
before, but it was mainly due to his declining health, 
and his wish to provide a certain sum for his wife and 
children, if he should soon be called away. In letters 
to his friends he bewailed the small income, and 
added: “ It was an unlucky hour when I obtained the 
