In 1746, she was summoned by Duchess Elisabeth Albertine to be tutor to her two surviving daughters Christiane and Charlotte;[1] the latter later married George III of the United Kingdom.
(Free Reflections on the Psalms of David in Verse), published in Lübeck and Leipzig in 1752 with a foreword by Sabine Elisabeth Oelgard von Bassewitz.
We were introduced into a very elegant room, extremely well furnished, where we had been but a few moments, when the lady appeared, and by her early address and polite reception, immediately shewed [sic] herself a person of superior accomplishments.
Notwithstanding her age, she is hearty and strong, and does not appear to be much above forty: her physiognomy is remarkably lively and sensible; her mien engaging, and in every respect her air bespeaks her the woman of quality.
After her return from Vienna, she was married to M. de Grabow, a very rich man, and assessor of the high court of Gustrow, who died, and left her a handsome fortune.
She then desired me to accept of a piece of her composing, which was a most elegant map of the world; the names of places are in Latin, the lines inimitably well drawn, when she was only, as she assured me, sixteen years of age.
It is not the custom to drink healths at present, at polite tables; yet she would break through the rule, and drank several British and Mecklenburg toasts, which she knew to be agreeable to the company.
[The conversation turned to serfdom, still partially in place in Mecklenburg, and eventually] the dispute was decided by madam de Grabow in favour of liberty, and the whole company acquiesced in her decision.