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Name
Anna Susanna Hasselaer
Born 1730
Died 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".