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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.

    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.