[A large part of the letter is missing. Only the last four pages have been handed down to us.]
Carl Fredrik Bergencrantz is involved in a lawsuit and tells Linnaeus that he is about to make a fourth plea to the law court. He had some success during the first day’s session, but it will be necessary to continue in this way, since Faggot [presumably Jacob Faggot] is likely to write a memorial on his part.
When the minutes of the process are approved, Bergencrantz will not gain or lose anything more. Then he can go to his wife [Linnaeus’s daughter, Elisabeth Christina Linnaea] who is impatient because Bergencrantz stays so long at the court.
If Bergencrantz had been less stubborn, he would have tired long ago. He looks for supporters and finds some, but he soon loses them, and must start again from the beginning.
Bergencrantz asks for advice on the fastest way to send letters to Linnaeus at Drottningholm, since he is keen to be able to contact Linnaeus there for urgent matters.
Bergencrantz also hopes that Linnaeus will not force him to go to Drottningholm before the lawsuit is over, for at present, Bergencrantz cannot afford the clothes and other things necessary for a visit to the palace.
Bergencrantz also asks to know when Linnaeus will go to Drottningholm.
Nobody wants to buy rye now that shipping has resumed after the winter. No deals are being made, but it is said that the price is 30 daler for rye and 24 daler for barley, which makes 27 daler on the average.