1. 1 SWEDENBORG'S JOURNAL OF DREAMS, 1743-1744
1743, the 21st of July, I travelled from Stockholm, arrived on the 27th at Ystad, after passing through Talje, Nykoping, Norrkoping, Linkoping, Grenna, and Jonkoping. In Ystad I met the Countess de la Gardie, 2 with her two daughters, and the two counts, Count Fersen, 3 Major Landtishusen 4 and Magister Klingenberg. On the 31st General Stenflychta 5 arrived with his son, and Capt. Schachta. 6
Footnotes:
1. The paragraph numbering is that adopted by C. Th. Odhner in his 1918 English translation.
2. The Countess De la Gardie was the widow of Count Magnus Julius De la Gardie, who died in 1743. See Spiritual Diary 6027.
3. Count Frederik Axel von Fersen (1719-1794) was an eminent aristocrat and politician who married the daughter of Countess De in Gardie in 1752.
4. Jakob Albrekt von Lantingshausen (1699-1769) was an eminent Swedish soldier and politician. In 1743 he went to Paris to enter the French army and take part in the War of Austrian Secession. In 1748 he married a sister of Count F. A. von Fersen.
5. Johan Stenflycht (1681-1758) was a Swedish soldier who distinguished himself in the 1713 battle of Gadebusch. In 1743 he was commander-in-chief at Hamburg.
6. Captain Schachta, probably the same as the "Kapten Schiechta" mentioned by Linnaeus in his Anteckningar. (See Tafel Doc. II, p. 1068.)
