It was after the letters came into Count de la Gardie’s possession that their existence became known to the outside world; hitherto they had been treated as family papers of a private nature. The famous collection of archives at Löberöd attracted scholars from far and wide. In 1831 Probster Wiselgein, in his work _De la Gardieska Archivet_ (the De la Gardie Archives), vol. ix., mentions that this correspondence forms part of the archives, and quotes a single letter from the Princess in the original French as a specimen. Two years after this same letter was republished in the _Magazin für Literatur des Auslandes_ (Journal of Foreign Literature), 1833. But the correspondence did not receive much attention until 1847, when Professor Palmblad, of the University of Upsala, in the _Blätter für Literarische Unterhaltung_, published a few short extracts in the original French, together with a brief introduction. This he afterwards republished as an appendix in his historical romance, _Aurora Königsmarck_. To Palmblad’s labours we shall have occasion to refer again. When Count de la Gardie died he bequeathed his almost priceless collection to different libraries in Sweden. To the University of Lund he left many valuable books and manuscripts, including the correspondence of Sophie Dorothea and Königsmarck. In accordance with the Count’s bequest the letters were deposited in the University Library of Lund in 1848, and they remain there until this day. It is not easy to see how the history of these documents could be better authenticated.[58] ----- Footnote 58: Table showing the descent and ownership of the letters from the time Aurora Königsmarck gave them to her sister until the present day. Amalie, Countess Lewenhaupt (_née_ Königsmarck), | Count Charles Emil Lewenhaupt (her son), | Count Adam Lewenhaupt (his son), | Amalie Beata Baroness Ramel (his sister), | Countess Sparre (her daughter), | Countess de la Gardie (her daughter), | Count de la Gardie (her husband), | The University Library of Lund, 1848. -----