What is recorded here
The public map records this plaque for Johnson and Boswell. Its recorded inscription reads: In this house occupied by THOMAS DAVIES Bookseller DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON first met JAMES BOSWELL in 1763
Dr. Samuel Johnson, a prominent writer and lexicographer, and James Boswell, a Scottish lawyer and diarist, met here in 1763; their friendship and Boswell's biography of Johnson have made this meeting significant in literary history.
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