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Catharina Johanna Mossel
Born 1741, at Negapatnam in Dutch Coromandel (present day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died August 6, 1795, at Antwerpen
Madame d'Amerongen

Born in the Dutch East Indies, daughter of Jacob Mossel (d. 1761) and Adriana Appels (d. 1743).1 Married (1759?) to Gerard Maximiliaan Taets van Amerongen (1727-1788).

Madame Geelvinck probably introduced Boswell and Madame Amerongen to each other on February 7, 1764.

  • 1The later Madame d'Amerongen was apparently the second daughter of Jacob and Adriana named Catharina Johanna. The first one died aged 3 sometime before 1741.
Boswell in Holland 1763-64

Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.