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About London Journal
James Boswell's London Journal is a published version of the daily journal he kept between 1762 and 1763 while in London. Along with many more of his private papers, it was found in the 1920s at Malahide Castle in Ireland, and was first published in 1950, in an edition by Frederick A. Pottle. In it, Boswell, then a young Scotsman of 22, visits London for his second time. One of the most notable events in the journal is Boswell's meeting Samuel Johnson on 16 May, 1763. Boswell went on to form a close relationship with the famous writer, moralist, and lexicographer, eventually writing the 1791 biography The Life of Samuel Johnson.
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