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The few facts relative to the Baron's life, which I have been enabled to gather from Colonel Olcott, one of his executors, together with the assistance of some documents left by the deceased, show him to have been no ordinary man. He was born in Augsburg, Southern Germany, in 1809, his father being Colonel Adjutant Johan de Palm, Prince of the Roman Empire, and his mother the Countess Freyen von Leiolsdorf. He showed a superior intellectual capacity at an early age, and had scarcely completed his studies the University of Heidelberg when he was offered and accepted the position of Secretary of Legation at Curlsruhe. He was long in the German Diplomatic service, and was afterwards in the service of King Ferdinand, whose confidence he enjoyed, and by whom he was decorated with several Orders. He enjoyed the King's fullest confidence, and was consequently intrusted with many negotiations of an intricate character, ^n the settlement of which he showed great diplomatic skill. At the time when the disputes between Ferdinand II, and his brother were the scandal of the Court, the Baron was intrusted by the former with the settlement of the difficulties, which involved, among other things, the legitimacy of the Prince’s son, a task which the subsequent harmony of the family showed to have been satisfactorily accomplished. After the fall of Ferdinand the Ваron, together with the Duke De Aquella, wo now resides in Paris, made vigorous efforts to save the property of the King, who was compelled to leave the country when Italian unity was finally accomplished.

The few facts relative to the Baron's life, which I have been enabled to gather from Colonel Olcott, one of his executors, together with the assistance of some documents left by the deceased, show him to have been no ordinary man. He was born in Augsburg, Southern Germany, in 1809, his father being Colonel Adjutant Johan de Palm, Prince of the Roman Empire, and his mother the Countess Freyen von Leiolsdorf. He showed a superior intellectual capacity at an early age, and had scarcely completed his studies the University of Heidelberg when he was offered and accepted the position of Secretary of Legation at Curlsruhe. He was long in the German Diplomatic service, and was afterwards in the service of King Ferdinand, whose confidence he enjoyed, and by whom he was decorated with several Orders. He enjoyed the King's fullest confidence, and was consequently intrusted with many negotiations of an intricate character, on the settlement of which he showed great diplomatic skill. At the time when the disputes between Ferdinand II, and his brother were the scandal of the Court, the Baron was intrusted by the former with the settlement of the difficulties, which involved, among other things, the legitimacy of the Prince’s son, a task which the subsequent harmony of the family showed to have been satisfactorily accomplished. After the fall of Ferdinand the Ваron, together with the Duke De Aquella, wo now resides in Paris, made vigorous efforts to save the property of the King, who was compelled to leave the country when Italian unity was finally accomplished.

After the cessation of the troubles in Italy the Baron became a great traveler, and for some years he traveled over the Continent, visiting every place of public interest. He was a splendid linguist as well as an enthusiast on subjects connected with science and art, and a large portion of his fortune was devoted to the gratification of his tastes in these respect. In 1861, his travels having exhausted his chief places of interest in Europe, he came to America, and took up his residence in Chicago. There his attainments, combined with an ever genial disposition, made nim many friends, and so attached to this country did he become that as soon as allowed by law he naturalized himself and became an American citizen. He was a firm believer in spirits and the occult sciences, and before he had been long in Chicago his house was the resort of the leading savants of America. The Baron was not so good a financier, however as he was scholar diplomatist, and several investments which he made during his residence in Chicago, especially in real estate and mining stock, turned out financially unsuccessful. In 1865 he removed from Chicago and took up his residence in New York. Here he came in contact with many notable men, and became particularly intimate with Commodore Vanderbilt, Judge Roosevelt, A. T. Livingstone, the late A. T. Stewart, and many others. For some time he lived in a boarding house, but, not finding this style of life to his fancy, he took up his residence with Colonel Olcott, a leading lawyer of New York. In the society of this gentleman, who is himself a scientist of no small reputation, he found the congeniality which he desired. In the spring of the present year he was seized with a complication of internal disorders, to which he succumbed on May 20th. Among the papers found after his death were the {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|4-32}}

After the cessation of the troubles in Italy the Baron became a great traveler, and for some years he traveled over the Continent, visiting every place of public interest. He was a splendid linguist as well as an enthusiast on subjects connected with science and art, and a large portion of his fortune was devoted to the gratification of his tastes in these respect. In 1861, his travels having exhausted his chief places of interest in Europe, he came to America, and took up his residence in Chicago. There his attainments, combined with an ever genial disposition, made nim many friends, and so attached to this country did he become that as soon as allowed by law he naturalized himself and became an American citizen. He was a firm believer in spirits and the occult sciences, and before he had been long in Chicago his house was the resort of the leading savants of America. The Baron was not so good a financier, however as he was scholar diplomatist, and several investments which he made during his residence in Chicago, especially in real estate and mining stock, turned out financially unsuccessful. In 1865 he removed from Chicago and took up his residence in New York. Here he came in contact with many notable men, and became particularly intimate with Commodore Vanderbilt, Judge Roosevelt, A. T. Livingstone, the late A. T. Stewart, and many others. For some time he lived in a boarding house, but, not finding this style of life to his fancy, he took up his residence with Colonel Olcott, a leading lawyer of New York. In the society of this gentleman, who is himself a scientist of no small reputation, he found the congeniality which he desired. In the spring of the present year he was seized with a complication of internal disorders, to which he succumbed on May 20th. Among the papers found after his death were the {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|4-32}}

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