For most of his adult life Boswell was better known for his "Account of Corsica", which lead to the sobriquet Corsica Boswell, than for his friendship with Dr. Johnson.
Anna Susanna Hasselaer - Madame Amerongen
Anna Susanna Hasselaer
Born 1730Died 1788
Alias:
Madame Amerongen
Biography:
Daughter of Gerard Aernoud Hasselaer and Elisabeth Clignet. Married (1751) to Gerard van Amerongen. Sister of Catherina Hasselaer.
Life with Boswell:
Boswell was introduced to Madame Amerongen by her sister Catherina, Madame Geelvinck, on February 4, 1764. Boswell described her as "cold and backward, and seemed to dread strangers and designing foreigners on the Prize".
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