The Linnean Correspondence

Link: linnaeus.c18.net/Letter/L0718 • Carl Linnaeus to Carl Gustaf Tessin, 21 June 1746 n.s.
Dated 1746 d. 10 junii. Sent from Uppsala (Sweden) to ? (). Written in Swedish.

L0718. Carl LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Swedish. to Carl Gustaf TessinCarl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770).
Swedish. Count, important politician and patron of
science and art. He supported Swedish artists and
scientists and collected art, books and natural
history objects. He assisted Linnaeus’s career in
many ways. Married to Lovisa Ulrica Tessin. Uncle
to Fredrik Sparre. Correspondent of Linnaeus. , 21 June 1746 n.s.

Högwälborne H[err] Grefwe, Kongl. Maijtts.
och Swea rikes-råd, Öfwer Hof Marschalck
och Canceller.

Äffter Ricksens Hög[wördige] Ständers beslut wid Riksdagen 1741 och äffter Eders Högg[reflige] Excellences nådigste behag förleden månad, tänker jag att dessa dagar anställa resan öf[we]r Kinne Kulle, Hunne berg och Hall samt Wester hafwet, att se hwad märkwärdigt där af naturen produceras till wårt fäderneslands nytta.

jag hade bort redan warit där nedan, men mig har warit omögligt att lämna Upsala för än jag fick den nåden jag fått; ty jag har fått sedt mehr på några dagar, äns om jag berest hela Europa. Wij kan aldrig nog prisa Fred och böröm aldrig förgieta Eders Excellence som skaffat oss en sådan gåfwa i Sverige.

Skulle Eders Höggrefl[ige] Excellence hafwa wid denna resa antingen sielf el[le]r på Ricksens ständers manufacturs contoirs wägnar att något befalla mig till wärkställande, torde Eders Hög[greflige] Excellence ställa brefwet till H[err] Commercie rådet Ahlström; så är jag säker om det samma.

Den högste uppehålla Eders Högg[reflige] Excellence till långa och sälla tider, att jag aldrig må sakna den jag [… ] stund bör all min lycka; jag skall lefwa och läggas i grafwen

Eders Höggrefl[ige] Excellences
underdån ödmiukaste
tienare
Carl Linnaeus

Upsala 1746
d[en]10 junii

SUMMARY

Linnaeus writes to Carl Gustaf TessinTessin, Carl Gustaf
(1695-1770). Swedish. Count, important
politician and patron of science and
art. He supported Swedish artists and
scientists and collected art, books and
natural history objects. He assisted
Linnaeus’s career in many ways. Married
to Lovisa Ulrica Tessin. Uncle to
Fredrik Sparre. Correspondent of
Linnaeus. to thank him for supporting the 1741 Swedish Parliament’s [Sveriges Riksdag] decision to make it possible for Linnaeus to make a journey to Kinne Kulle, Hunneberg, Hall and the Swedish west coast.

Linnaeus writes that he should have started his journey earlier but it has been impossible for him to leave Uppsala.

Linnaeus asks Tessin to address any letter to him, from Tessin himself or from the Office of Manufactures [Riksens Manufactur ContoirOffice of Manufactures [Riksens
Manufactur Contoir], Swedish.
The Office of Manufactures was
established in 1739 by the Swedish
Parliament [Sveriges Riksdag] to produce
useful products. At the same time was
also set up a special fond for
manufacturing. The office was closed in
1766 and the data were taken over by the
National Board of Trade in Sweden
[Kommerskollegium]. ], to Ahlström [Jonas AlströmerAlströmer, Jonas
(1685-1761). Swedish. Industrialist.
One of the founders of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences in 1739. The same
year Head of the Royal Board of Trade in
Sweden [Kommerskollegium]. Father of
August, Clas, Johan and Patrick
Alströmer. Correspondent of
Linnaeus ], head of division at the National Board of Trade in Sweden [KommerskollegiumKommerskollegium, Swedish.
The history of the National Board of
Trade in Sweden dates back to 1651. ].

MANUSCRIPTS

a. original holograph (RA, Tessinska samlingen, Brev till C. G. Tessin, bunt 17, E 5731). [1] [2] [3]