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Elisabeth Agnès Jacoba de Nassau La-Lecq
Born August 29, 1724   Died June 17, 1798  
Madame Spaen

Daughter of Willem Hendrik van Nassau La-Lecq (d. 1762), and Adriana Jacoba Noiret (1699-1724). Married (1749) to Alexander Sweder.

Boswell visited Baron and Madame Spaen at the Hague on December 20, 1763. He recorded a part of their dinner conversation, available in [BIH]. Boswell corresponded with her regularly until 1773.

    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.