Works by James Boswell
Prose
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Boswell's Life of Johnson
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1709–1765
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1766–1776
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1776–1780
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1780–1784
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Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D
- Sunday 15 August 1773
- Monday 16 August 1773
- Tuesday 17 August 1773
- Wednesday 18 August 1773
- Thursday 19 August 1773
- Friday 20 August 1773
- Saturday 21 August 1773
- Sunday 22 August 1773
- Monday 23 August 1773
- Tuesday 24 August 1773
- Wednesday 25 August 1773
- Thursday 26 August 1773
- Friday 27 August 1773
- Saturday 28 August 1773
- Sunday 29 August 1773
- Monday 30 August 1773
- Tuesday 31 August 1773
- Wednesday 1 September 1773
- Thursday 2 September 1773
- Friday 3 September 1773
- Saturday 4 September 1773
- Sunday 5 September 1773
- Monday 6 September 1773
- Tuesday 7 September 1773
- Wednesday 8 September 1773
- Thursday 9 September 1773
- Friday 10 September 1773
- Saturday 11 September 1773
- Sunday 12 September 1773
- Monday 13 September 1773
- Tuesday 14 September 1773
- Wednesday 15 September 1773
- Thursday 16 September 1773
- Friday 17 September 1773
- Saturday 18 September 1773
- Sunday 19 September 1773
- Monday 20 September 1773
- Tuesday 21 September 1773
- Wednesday 22 September 1773
- Thursday 23 September 1773
- Friday 24 September 1773
- Saturday 26 September 1773
- Sunday 26 September 1773
- Monday 27 September 1773
- Tuesday 28 September 1773
- Wednesday 29 September 1773
- Thursday 30 September 1773
- Friday 1 October 1773
- Saturday 2 October 1773
- Sunday 3 October 1773
- Monday 4 October 1773
- Tuesday 5 October 1773
- Wednesday 6 October 1773
- Thursday 7 October 1773
- Friday 8 October 1773
- Saturday 9 October 1773
- Sunday 10 October 1773
- Monday 11 October 1773
- Tuesday 12 October 1773
- Wednesday 13 October 1773
- Thursday 14 October 1773
- Friday 15 October 1773
- Saturday 16 October 1773
- Sunday 17 October 1773
- Monday 18 October 1773
- Tuesday 19 October 1773
- Wednesday 20 October 1773
- Thursday 21 October 1773
- Friday 22 October 1773
- Saturday 23 October 1773
- Sunday 24 October 1773
- Monday 25 October 1773
- Tuesday 26 October 1773
- Wednesday 27 October 1773
- Thursday 28 October 1773
- Friday 29 October 1773
- Saturday 30 October 1773
- Sunday 31 October 1773
- Monday 1 November 1773
- Tuesday 2 November 1773
- Wednesday 3 November 1773
- Thursday 4 November 1773
- Friday 5 November 1773
- Saturday 6 November 1773
- Sunday 7 November 1773
- Monday 8 November 1773
- Tuesday 9 November 1773
- Wednesday 10 November 1773
- Thursday 11 November 1773
- Thursday 11 – Monday 22 November 1773
- To James Boswell, Esq. Monday 6 February 1775
- To James Boswell, Esq. Edinburgh. Thursday 16 February 1775
- To James Boswell, Esq. Monday 10 April 1775
- To The Lord of Ramsay. London. Monday 8 May 1775
- To the Laird of Rasay. London. <Saturday 6 May 1775>
- To James Boswell, Esq. Edinburgh. Friday 7 March 1777
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Foreign Tour Papers and other Miscellaneous Writings, June–December 1764
- I. ‘Abregé d'un Voyage en Allemagne’, June 1764
- II. Names and addresses, September–October 1764
- III. Plan for an itinerary through Germany to Geneva, c. 1 October 1764
- IV. Verses written on a Post-Wagon, 1 October 1764
- V. ‘Maximes á la maniêrre de la Rochefoucault’, 15 October 1764
- VI. Translation into French of ‘Amynt’ by Ewald Christian von Kleist, c. 14 November 1764 (trans.)
- VII. ‘Paper on Writing: Hints’, c. 15 November 1764
- VIII. Jottings, 21 November 1764
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- X. Description of Holbein's altar-piece, ‘The Sufferings of Christ’, Bâle, 26 November 1764
Diaries
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The Journal of his German and Swiss Travels, 1764
- Monday 18 June
- Tuesday 19 June
- Wednesday 20 June
- Thursday 21 June
- Friday 22 June
- Saturday 23 June
- Sunday 24 June
- Monday 25 June
- Tuesday 26 June
- Wednesday 27 June
- Thursday 28 June
- Friday 29 June
- Saturday 30 June
- Sunday 1 July
- Monday 2 July
- Tuesday 3 July
- Wednesday 4 July
- Thursday 5 July
- Friday 6 July
- Saturday 7 July
- Sunday 8 July
- Monday 9 July
- Tuesday 10 July
- Wednesday 11 July
- Thursday 12 July
- Friday 13 July
- Saturday 14 July
- Sunday 15 July
- Monday 16 July
- Tuesday 17 July
- Wednesday 18 July
- Thursday 19 July
- Friday 20 July
- Saturday 21 July
- Sunday 22 July
- Monday 23 July
- Tuesday 24 July
- Wednesday 25 July
- Thursday 26 July
- Friday 27 July
- Saturday 28 July
- Sunday 29 July
- Monday 30 July
- Tuesday 31 July
- Wednesday 1 August
- Thursday 2 August
- Friday 3 August
- Saturday 4 August
- Sunday 5 August
- Monday 6 August
- Tuesday 7 August
- Wednesday 8 August
- Thursday 9 August
- Friday 10 August
- Saturday 11 August
- Sunday 12 August
- Monday 13 August
- Tuesday 14 August
- Wednesday 15 August
- Thursday 16 August
- Friday 17 August
- Saturday 18 August
- Sunday 19 August
- Monday 20 August
- Tuesday 21 August
- Wednesday 22 August
- Thursday 23 August
- Friday 24 August
- Saturday 25 August
- Sunday 26 August
- Monday 27 August
- Tuesday 28 August
- Wednesday 29 August
- Thursday 30 August
- Friday 31 August
- Saturday 1 September
- Sunday 2 September
- Monday 3 September
- Tuesday 4 September
- Wednesday 5 September
- Thursday 6 September
- Friday 7 September
- Saturday 8 September
- Sunday 9 September
- Monday 10 September
- Tuesday 11 September
- Wednesday 12 September
- Thursday 13 September
- Friday 14 September
- Saturday 15 September
- Sunday 16 September
- Monday 17 September
- Tuesday 18 September
- Wednesday 19 September
- Thursday 20 September
- Friday 21 September
- Saturday 22 September
- Sunday 23 September
- Monday 24 September
- Tuesday 25 September
- Wednesday 26 September
- Thursday 27 September
- Friday 28 September
- Saturday 29 September
- Sunday 30 September
- Monday 1 October
- Tuesday 2 October
- Wednesday 3 October
- Thursday 4 October
- Friday 5 October
- Saturday 6 October
- Sunday 7 October
- Monday 8 October
- Tuesday 9 October
- Wednesday 10 October
- Thursday 11 October
- Friday 12 October
- Saturday 13 October
- Sunday 14 October
- Monday 15 October
- Tuesday 16 October
- Wednesday 17 October
- Thursday 18 October
- Friday 19 October
- Saturday 20 October
- Sunday 21 October
- Monday 22 October
- Tuesday 23 October
- Wednesday 24 October
- Thursday 25 October
- Friday 26 October
- Saturday 27 October
- Sunday 28 October
- Monday 29 October
- Tuesday 30 October
- Wednesday 31 October
- Thursday 1 November
- Friday 2 November
- Saturday 3 November
- Sunday 4 November
- Monday 5 November
- Tuesday 6 November
- Wednesday 7 November
- Thursday 8 November
- Friday 9 November
- Saturday 10 November
- Sunday 11 November
- Monday 12 November
- Tuesday 13 November
- Wednesday 14 November
- Thursday 15 November
- Friday 16 November
- Saturday 17 November
- Sunday 18 November
- Monday 19 November
- Tuesday 20 November
- Wednesday 21 November
- Thursday 22 November
- Friday 23 November
- Saturday 24 November
- Sunday 25 November
- Monday 26 November
- Tuesday 27 November
- Wednesday 28 November
- Thursday 29 November
- Friday 30 November
- Saturday 1 December
- Sunday 2 December
- Monday 3 December
- Tuesday 4 December
- Wednesday 5 December
- Thursday 6 December
- Friday 7 December
- Saturday 8 December
- Sunday 9 December
- Monday 10 December
- Tuesday 11 December
- Wednesday 12 December
- Thursday 13 December
- Friday 14 December
- Saturday 15 December
- Sunday 16 December
- Monday 17 December
- Tuesday 18 December
- Wednesday 19 December
- Thursday 20 December
- Friday 21 December
- Saturday 22 December
- Sunday 23 December
- Monday 24 December
- Tuesday 25 December
- Wednesday 26 December
- Thursday 27 December
- Friday 28 December
- Saturday 29 December
- Sunday 30 December
- Monday 31 December
- Tuesday 1 January 1765
Letters
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The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1757–1763
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1757–1763
- To West Dudley Digges (April 1757)
- To the Countess of Galloway, after 21 August 1758
- To James Love (James Dance), c. 1 September–c. 19 September2 1758
- To West Digges, summer 1759 (after 20 June)1
- To West Digges, after 20 August 1759 and before 16 February 17601
- To the Earl of Eglinton, c. 7–11 April or 29 April–3 May 1760 (expanded 1761)
- To Laurence Sterne, after 7 April 1760 and ?before October 1761
- To ‘Mr. Scott’ (?George Lewis Scott), ?autumn 1760
- To the Countess of Northumberland, Wednesday 1 April 1761
- To ‘A’ (?Mrs. James Brooke), Friday 8 May 1761
- To Andrew Erskine, after mid-May 1761
- To Alexander Donaldson (28 July 1761)
- To Andrew Erskine, ?after 2 and before 8 August 1761
- To the Earl of Buchan, Wednesday 12 August 1761
- To Anne Mackintosh, between 12 and 25 August 1761
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 25 August 1761 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 25 August 1761 (E–B)
- To George Dempster, Thursday 27 August 1761
- To Andrew Erskine (14 September 1761)
- To Laurence Sterne, after 25 September 1761
- To Thomas Sheridan, Sunday 27 September 1761
- To Anne Mackintosh, Monday 5 October 1761
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 10 October 1761
- To ‘Miss Home’ (Jean Home), before November 1761
- To Prince Edward Augustus (1 November 1761)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 17 November 1761 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 17 November 1761 (E–B)
- To George Dempster, Thursday 19 November 1761
- To Thomas Sheridan, Tuesday 24 November 1761
- To Thomas Sheridan, Wednesday or Thursday, 25 or 26 November1 1761
- To Andrew Erskine, Wednesday 2 December 1761 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Wednesday 2 December 1761 (E–B)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 8 December 1761 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 8 December 1761 (E–B)
- To Thomas Sheridan, Wednesday 9 December 1761
- To Katharine Colquhoun, Friday 11 December 1761
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 12 December 1761
- To Andrew Erskine, Thursday 17 December 1761 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Thursday 17 December 1761 (E–B)
- To ‘a friend’, before January 1762
- To Katherine Colquhoun (MS version), late 1761/early 1762
- To Katherine Colquhoun (January 1762)
- To the Countess of Northumberland, Wednesday 6 January 1762
- To Thomas Sheridan, Saturday 9 January 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 9 January 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 9 January 1762 E–B
- To Andrew Erskine, Friday 22 January 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Friday 22 January 1762 (E–B)
- To Andrew Erskine, Wednesday 10 February 1762
- To an unidentified correspondent, Wednesday 10 February 1762
- To ‘the Corespondent of ... Mr. [Alexander] Donaldson’ (?Joseph Richardson), Wednesday 10 February 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Thursday 11 February 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 16 February 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 16 February 1762 (E–B)
- To Thomas Sheridan, Saturday 27 February 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 9 March 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 9 March 1762 (E–B)
- To ‘Madam’, and ‘your La[dyshi]p’ (?the Countess of Northum- berland), ?after 22 March and before 14 April 1762
- To the Earl of Eglinton, ?after 24 March–May 1762
- To the Earl of Eglinton, ?early April–?early June 1762
- To ‘Madam’, and ‘your La[dyshi]p’ (?the Countess of Northum- berland), Wednesday 14 April 1762
- To Thomas Davies (14 April 1762)
- To Andrew Erskine, Wednesday 14 April 1762
- To the Earl of Eglinton, ?mid April–?mid June 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, ?Thursday 22 April 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, ?Thursday 22 April 1762 (E–B)
- To Lady Elizabeth Macfarlane, Thursday 22 April 1762
- To Andrew Erskine (4 May 1762)
- ?To Andrew Erskine, c. 6–8 May 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 8–Sunday 9 May 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 8–Sunday 9 May 1762 (E–B )
- To Andrew Erskine, Thursday 27 May 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 29 May 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine (29 May 1762)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 1 June 1762 (MS)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 1 June 1762 (E–B)
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 8 June 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 15 June 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Friday 18 June 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 19 June 1762
- To Andrew Erskine (June 1762)
- To Andrew Erskine, Monday 12 July 1762
- To ‘Madame’ (Unidentified Correspondent), Monday 12 July 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Friday 23 July 1762
- To John Cairnie, before 17 August 1762
- To John Ogilvie (September 1762)
- To Andrew Erskine, Friday 3 September 1762
- To John Gordon (styled Viscount Kenmure), c. 16–20 September 1762
- To William McQuhae, Wednesday 29 September 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 19 October 1762
- To Andrew Erskine, Wednesday 10 November 1762
- To John Ogilvie, between 16 November 1762 and 23 June 1763
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 20 November 1762
- To the Duke of Queensberry, after 25 November and before 6 December 1762
- To Agatha Home Drummond, Lady Kames, December 1762
- To Basil Cochrane, December 1762
- To West Digges, Saturday 4 December 1762
- ?To William McQuhae, c. Thursday 9 December 1762
- To West Dudley Digges (11 December 1762)
- To [?Rev. James] Grant, c. Tuesday 14 December 1762
- ?To General the Viscount Ligonier, c. Tuesday 14 December 1762
- To William McQuhae, Thursday 16 December 1762
- To the Rev. George Reid, Thursday 16 December 1762
- To the Duke of Queensberry, ?Thursday 16 December 1762
- To West Digges, Saturday 18 December 1762
- To the Earl of Eglinton, Tuesday 21 December 1762
- To West Digges, Saturday 25 December 1762
- To the Countess of Northumberland, Monday 27 December 1762
- ?To the Countess of Northumberland, before Thursday 30 Decem- ber 1762
- To the Earl of Eglinton, ?Wednesday 5 January 1763
- To Alexander Montgomerie (18 January 1763)
- To West Digges, ?on or before 22 January 1763
- To the Earl of Eglinton, Monday 24 January 1763
- To John Cairnie, Saturday 29 January 1763
- To an Unidentified Correspondent in Edinburgh, late January 1763
- To ‘Louisa’ (?‘Mrs. Lewis’; ?Anne [Lewis] Standen), Thursday 3 February 1763
- To the Earl of Eglinton, Monday 7 February 1763
- To West Dudley Digges (12 February 1763)
- To the Countess of Northumberland, between Tuesday 15 February and Saturday 19 February 1763
- To the Countess of Northumberland, Sunday 20 February 1763
- To Anonymous (William Cochrane), Monday 21 February 1763
- To Jean White, before Thursday 24 February 1763
- To William M'Quhae (26 February 1763)
- To the Countess of Northumberland, Tuesday 8 March 1763
- To the Earl of Bute, Tuesday 15 March 17632
- To William McQuhae, after 2 and before 26 April 1763
- To the Countess of Northumberland, after 11 and before 18 April 1763
- To the Public Advertiser, after 15 and before 18 April 1763
- To Richard Shepherd, Monday 25 April 17632
- To Bonnell Thornton, Tuesday 24 May 1763
- To Bonnell Thornton, ?c. Sunday 5 or Monday 6 June 1763
- To William McQuhae, c. Tuesday 14 June 1763
- To Sir John Pringle (29 June 1763)
- To Dr. John Pringle, ?between 22 and 29 June 1763 (second draft)
- To Robert Dundas (Lord President), Monday 25 and/or Tuesday 26 July 1763
- To Thomas Miller (Lord Justice Clerk), Monday 25 and/or Tues- day 26 July 1763
- To James Ferguson of Pitfour, Monday 25 and/or Tuesday 26 July 1763
- To Basil Cochrane, Monday 25 and/or Tuesday 26 July 1763
- To William McQuhae, Tuesday 26 July 1763
- To Andrew Erskine (26 July 1763)
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1757–1763
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The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766–1769
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1766–1767
- To William Pitt, Saturday 15 February 1766
- To William Pitt, Wednesday 19 February 1766
- To George Dempster, Friday 7 March 1766
- To Alexander Montgomerie (7 March 1766)
- To Lord Mountstuart, c. mid-March or 31 March 1766
- To Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Tuesday 25 March 1766
- To George Frazer, Saturday 29 March 1766
- To Godfrey Bosville (31 March 1766)
- To Godfrey Bagnall Clarke, Monday 31 March 1766
- To Basil Cochrane, Monday 31 March 1766
- To George Dempster, Monday 31 March 1766
- To John Pringle, Monday 31 March 1766
- To John Wilkie, Monday 31 March 1766
- To Heer van Sommelsdyck, Sunday 6 April 1766
- To John Dick, Thursday 10 April 1766
- To Mary Montgomerie, c. mid-April 1766
- To Lord Eglinton, Saturday 19 April 1766
- To Baroness von Spaen, Sunday 20 April 1766
- To Matteo Buttafoco, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To Basil Cochrane, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To John Dick, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To Alexander Donaldson, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To Pasquale Paoli, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To Count Rivarola, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To John Wilkes (6 May 1766)
- To Robert Brown, Thursday 8 May 1766
- To George Dempster, Thursday 8 May 1766
- To Andrew Erskine, Thursday 8 May 1766
- To Heer van Sommelsdyck, Thursday 8 May 1766
- To Heer van Zuylen, Thursday 8 May 1766
- To Basil Cochrane, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To Joseph Fergusson, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To John Gordon, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To William Graham, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To Agatha Home (10 May 1766)
- To Girolama Nini Piccolomini, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To John Waters, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To Lady Grizel Cochrane, Saturday 31 May 1766
- To George Dempster, Tuesday 3 June 1766
- To Andrew Erskine, Tuesday 3 June 1766
- To Alexander Agnew, Monday 16 June 1766
- To Mrs. James Hunter, Monday 16 June 1766
- To Lord Mountstuart, Monday 16 June 1766
- To William Flexney, Wednesday 18 June 1766
- To Beatrix Maxwell, Wednesday 18 June 1766
- To James Love, Thursday 26 June 1766
- To ‘Dun Taylor’, Thursday 26 June 1766
- To Sir John Pringle, c. late June 1766
- To Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 1766)
- To Godfrey Bosville, Tuesday 8 July 1766
- To John Dun, c. mid-July 1766
- To Lady Elizabeth Macfarlane, Friday 18 July 1766
- To George Reid and William McQuhae, Wednesday 23 July 1766
- To Edward Aitken, Thursday 31 July 1766
- To Alexander Lockhart, ?Summer 17662
- To Lord Mountstuart, Wednesday 6 August 1766
- To Thomas Davies, Monday 11 August 1766
- To George Dempster, Monday 11 August 1766
- To Robert Ramsay, Monday 11 August 1766
- To Jean-Jacques Rousseau (11 August 1766)
- To Archibald Stewart, Monday 11 August 1766
- To Thérèse Le Masseur, Monday 11 Aug. 1766
- To Lady Elizabeth Macfarlane, Tuesday 12 August 1766
- To Basil Cochrane, Tuesday 19 August 1766
- To Mrs. Dodds, Tuesday 19 August 1766
- To Lord Marischal, Tuesday 19 August l766
- To John Dick, Wednesday 27 August 1766
- To John Dick, Sunday 7 September 1766
- To Lord Chatham, Thursday 18 September 1766
- To John Wilkie, Thursday 18 September 1766
- To Mrs. Dodds, Saturday 20 September 1766
- To Joseph Fergusson, Friday 3 October 1766
- To William Graham, Friday 3 October 1766
- To Anne Hunter (3 October 1766)
- To Archibald Johnston, Friday 3 October 1766
- To Thomas Davies, Tuesday 7 October 1766
- To George Dempster, Tuesday 7 October 1766
- To William McQuhae, Tuesday 7 October 1766
- To Lady Preston, Friday 10 October 1766
- To John Stobie, Friday 10 October 1766
- To the Duchess of Douglas, Monday 13 October 1766
- To James Haddow, Monday 13 October 1766
- To Alexander Deleyre (15 October 1766)
- To Willem van Tuyll van Serooskerken, c. mid-October 1766
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Thursday 23 October 1766
- To John Johnstoun, c. early to mid-November 1766
- To John Dun, between mid-November and mid-December 1766
- To Thomas Davies, between 20 November 1766 and 15 January 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Tuesday 9 December 17661
- To John Dick, Tuesday 9 December 1766
- To Pasquale Paoli, Tuesday 9 December 1766
- To Count Antonio Rivarola, Tuesday 9 December 1766
- To Andrew Burnaby, c. early 1767
- To Francis Gentleman, c. early 1767
- To Thomas Davies, c. early January 1767
- To Sir John Pringle, c. January 1767
- To George Dempster, Thursday 1 January 1767
- To Lord Mountstuart, Thursday 1 January 1767
- To Lord Chatham, Saturday 3 January 1767
- To Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, Monday 5 January 1767
- To Robert Brown, Monday 5 January 1767
- To Lord Cardross, Monday 5 January 1767
- To Pasquale Paoli, between early February and 8 April 1767
- To Lord Marischal, Thursday 12 March 1767
- To John Dick, Saturday 14 March 1767
- To Count Antonio Rivarola, Saturday 14 March 1767
- To Robert Strange, Monday 16 March 1767
- To George Muir, Wednesday 18 March 1767
- To Heer van Sommelsdyck, Saturday 21 March 1767
- To Girolama Nini Piccolomini, Wednesday 25 March 1767
- To John Tait, Saturday 28 March 1767
- To Voltaire, Sunday 29 March 1767
- To Baroness von Spaen, before 31 March 1767
- To Pierre Loumeau Dupont, c. late March or early April 1767
- To Robert Dundas, c. early April 1767
- To Lord Chatham, Wednesday 8 April 1767
- To Jean-Jacques Rousseau, c. mid-April 1767
- To John Chalmer, c. mid-April 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Thursday 16 April 1767
- To Robert Dundas, Saturday 18 April 1767
- To Sir John Dick (22 April 1767)
- To Robert Brown, Tuesday 28 April 1767
- To David Kinloch, Tuesday 28 April 1767
- To John Wilkie, Tuesday 28 April 1767
- To William Brown, c. Monday 18 May 1767
- To Basil Cochrane, Monday 18 May 1767
- To William Brown, Between Monday 18 May and Friday 22 May 17671
- To William Drummond, Saturday 30 May 1767
- To James Montgomery, Saturday 30 May 1767
- To Lady Grizel Cochrane, Saturday 31 May 1767
- To Giuseppe Baretti, between May and October 1767
- To Francis Ashbury (4 June 1767)
- To David McClure, Saturday 6 June 1767
- To John Dick, 6–13 June 1767
- To David McClure, Tuesday 9 June 1767
- To Andrew Burnaby, c. Saturday 13 June 1767
- To Pasquale Paoli, c. Thursday 18 June 1767
- To Edward Dilly, c. early July 1767
- To Isabella Agneta Elizabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken (July 1767)
- To John Dick, 18– 20 July 1767
- To Lord Marischal, Monday 20 July 1767
- To John Wilkie, c. Tuesday 21 July 1767
- To John Dick, c. late July or early August 1767
- To Alexandre Deleyre, Thursday 30 July 1767
- To Archibald Stewart, c. summer 1767
- To Godfrey Bosville, c. August 1767
- To Sir John Pringle, c. August 1767
- To Edward Dilly, Thursday 6 August 1767
- To Edward Dilly, c. early August 1767
- To Edward Dilly, Sunday 9 August 1767
- To John Dick, c. Tuesday 11 August 1767
- To Basil Cochrane, c. Friday 14 August 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Saturday 15 August 1767
- To Lord Marischal, c. mid August 1767
- To John Dick, c. Saturday 15 August 1767
- To Edward Dilly, Thursday 20 August 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Friday 21 August 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, 31 August 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Wednesday 2 September 1767
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Thursday 3 September 1767
- To Thomas Davies, Friday 4 September 1767
- To Edward Dilly, Friday 4 September 1767
- To Sir John Dick (15 September 1767)
- To Edward Dilly, c. mid-September 1767
- To Sir James Steuart, c. mid-September 1767
- To Christopher Wyvill, c. mid-September 1767
- To Robert Brown, c. early October 1767
- To Lord Marischal, c. early October 1767
- To Edward Dilly, Monday 5 October 1767
- To Girolama Nini Piccolomini, c. mid October 1767
- To Andrew Burnaby, Friday 16 October 1767
- To Edward Dilly, c. late October 1767
- To John Wilkie (October 1767)
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Saturday 3 November 1767
- To Edward Dilly, c. early November 1767
- To John Wilkie, c. early November 1767
- To Henry Woodfall, c. early November 1767
- To Edward Dilly, c. mid-November 1767
- To Godfrey Bosville, c. late November or early December 1767
- To Thomas Davies, c. early December 1767
- To Alexander Maconochie, c. early to mid-December 1767
- To the Duke of Queensberry, Saturday 19 December 1767
- To George Keith (January 1768)
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1768–1769
- To Isabella van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Sunday 10 January 1768
- To Lord Marischal, c. middle of January 1768
- To Heer van Sommelsdyck, Saturday 16 January 1768
- To Andrew Burnaby, Tuesday 26 January 1768
- To Pasquale Paoli, Tuesday 26 January 1768
- To Catharine Macaulay, 1 February 1768
- To Lord Marischal, c. middle of February 1768
- To Sir John Pringle, c. Monday 15 February 1768
- To Horace Walpole, Tuesday 23 February 1768
- To Isabella van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Friday 26 February 1768
- To Tobias Smollett, Monday 14 March 1768
- To James Montgomery, c. late March 1768
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Friday 1 April 1768
- To Arthur Young, Friday 1 April 1768
- To Isabella van Tuyll van Serooskerken, c. middle of April 1768
- To Sir Alexander Dick (18 April 1768)
- To James Love, c. ?Saturday 23 April 1768
- To Lord Hardwicke, Wednesday 27 April 1768
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Thursday 28 April 1768
- To Isabella van Tuyll van Serooskerken, between Monday 2 May and Saturday 14 May 1768
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Saturday 7 May 1768
- To Benjamin Franklin, Saturday 14 May 1768
- To Sir Alexander Dick, c. Tuesday 21 June 1768
- To Henry Benbridge, c. Friday 24 June 1768
- To Sir John Dick, Friday 24 June 1768
- To William Julius Mickle (27 June 1768)
- To Lord Lyttelton, Friday29 July 1768
- To Christopher Wyvill, August 1768
- To Sir John Dick, Saturday 6 August 1768
- To Andrew Erskine, Thursday 25 August 1768
- To Catherine Blair, between late August and early December 1768
- To the Duke of Buccleuch, c. Saturday 24 September 1768
- To Basil Cochrane, Saturday 24 September 1768
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Saturday 24 September 1768
- To John Coutts and Company, Friday 7 October 1768
- To John Coutts and Company, Friday 28 October 1768
- To Girolama Nini Piccolomini (5 November 1768)
- To Robert Richardson, Saturday 5 November 1768
- To Charles Gascoigne, c. early January 1769
- To Samuel Caldwell, c. middle of February 1769
- To George Dempster, Thursday 23 February 1769
- To George Dempster, Friday 24 February 1769
- To George Keith (March 1769)
- To George Dempster, c. early March 1769
- To John Wilkes, Wednesday 1 March 17691
- To George Dempster, between Sunday 5 March and Friday 10 March 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Saturday 18 March 1769
- To Alexander Hamilton, Friday 31 March 1769
- To Heer van Sommelsdyck, c. late March or early April 1769
- To George Dempster, c. early April 1769
- To Baroness von Spaen, c. early April 1769
- To Edward Burnaby Greene, between Saturday 1 April and Tues- day 25 April 1769
- To George Dempster, Thursday 4 May—Wednesday 21 June 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Monday 29 May 1769
- To Edward Smith, c. June 1769
- To William Julius Mickle, Thursday 8 June 1769
- To Sir John Dick, Saturday 10 June 1769
- To Edward Dilly, Saturday 10 June 1769
- To George Augustus Cuninghame, on or before Sunday 11 June 1769
- To Edward Dilly, Monday 19 June 1769
- To John Drummond Esq. and Co., Monday 19 June 1769
- To Barlow Trecothick, Monday 19 June 1769
- To Samuel Vaughan, Monday 19 June 1769
- To Jane Laing Boyd, Tuesday 20 June 1769
- To Alexander-Henry Holiday, Tuesday 20 June 1769
- To ‘Counsellor Jones’, Tuesday 20 June 1769
- To William Julius Mickle (22 June 1769)
- To John Dun, Saturday 24 June 1769
- To Daniel Johnston, Saturday 24 June 1769
- To George Dempster, Friday 30 June 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Friday 30 June 1769
- To Charles Dilly, Friday 30 June 1769
- To Mr. Leggatt of Wales (30 June 1769)
- To Lord Marischal, c. July 1769
- To James Hoggan, c. early to mid July 1769
- To Godfrey Bosville, Saturday 1 July 1769
- To Andrew Caldwell, Saturday 1 July 1769
- To Mary Ann Sibthorpe, Saturday 1 July 1769
- To Robert Walsh, Saturday 1 July 1769
- To John Boswell of Knockroon, Monday 3 July 1769
- To Hugh Logan, Monday 3 July 1769
- To Adam Craufurd Newall, Monday 3 July 1769
- To William Fullarton, Wednesday 5 July 1769
- To Alexander Mitchell, Wednesday 5 July 1769
- To Edward Dilly, Saturday 8 July 1769
- To Edward Dilly, Tuesday 11 July 1769
- To Elizabeth Montgomerie-Cuninghame, Monday 17 July 1769
- To Peter Capper (25 July 1769)
- To William Julius Mickle, Saturday 5 August 1769
- To Sir John Dick, Monday 14 August 1769
- To Edward Dilly, Monday 14 August 1769
- To Pasquale Paoli, Monday 14 August 1769
- To Andrew Burnaby (15 August 1769)
- To John Boswell of Knockroon, Wednesday 16 August 1769
- To Mary Montgomerie Campbell, Thursday 17 August 1769
- To George Dempster, Thursday 17 August 1769
- To Elizabeth Montgomerie-Cuninghame, Thursday 17 August 1769
- To James Hoggan, Friday 18 August 1769
- To Heer van Sommelsdyck, Friday 18 August 1769
- To Robert Strange, Friday 18 August 1769
- To Robert Brown, Saturday 19 August 1769
- To Claud Boswell, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Andrew Caldwell (28 August 1769)
- To James Chalmers, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Lord Lyttelton, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Sir Alexander Macdonald, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Elizabeth Diana, Lady Macdonald, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Hugh Rose, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Sir John Pringle, Tuesday 29 August 1769
- To Elizabeth Montgomerie-Cuninghame, Saturday 2 September 1769
- To Charles Boswell (4 September 1769)
- To Basil Cochrane, Monday 4 September 1769
- To Thomas Matthew, Monday 4 September 1769
- To Godfrey Bosville, Tuesday 5 September 1769
- To Hester Lynch Thrale, Tuesday 5 September 1769
- To Basil Cochrane, Monday 11 September 1769
- To Basil Cochrane, Tuesday 12 September 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Tuesday 12 September 1769
- To Andrew Erskine, Saturday 16 September 1769
- To Andrew Caldwell, Friday 22 September 1769
- To Basil Cochrane (22 September 1769)
- To Edward Dilly, Friday 22 September 1769
- To Lord Lyttelton, Friday 22 September 1769
- To Samuel Vaughan, Friday 22 September 1769
- To Godfrey Bosville, Saturday 23 September 1769
- To Charles Boswell, Saturday 23 September 1769
- To Hugh Boyd and Jane Laing Boyd, c. early October 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Tuesday 3 October 1769
- To Samuel Vaughan (5 October 1769)
- To William Julius Mickle, Saturday 7 October 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick, Tuesday 10 October 1769
- To William Wilson, Tuesday 10 October 1769
- To the Duke of Queensberry, Friday 13 October 1769
- To James Oglethorpe, Wednesday 18 October 1769
- To Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, between Tuesday 24 October and Friday 10 November 17691
- To Lord Lyttelton, Wednesday 25 October 1769
- To James Chalmers, Tuesday 31 October 1769
- To Basil Cochrane, Tuesday 31 October 1769
- To Sir Alexander Dick,Tuesday 31 October 1769
- To an Unidentified Correspondent, c. late October 1769
- To Sir Alexander Macdonald, Thursday 9 November 1769
- To Mary Ann Sibthorpe (9 November 1769)
- To Baroness von Spaen, Thursday 9 November 1769
- To William Julius Mickle, Friday 10 November 17691
- To George Dempster, c. middle of November 1769
- To Richard Palmer, c. middle of November 1769
- To Pasquale Paoli, c. middle of November 1769
- To Godfrey Bosville, between Friday 1 December and Tuesday 5 December 1769
- Close section
1766–1767
- Close section Boswell's Letters of Acceptance of the Office of Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy
- Close section
The Correspondence and other Papers of James Boswell relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson
- Close section 1772–1779
- Close section 1784
- Close section
1785
- To Rev. Dr. William Adams (21 January 1785)
- To Edmund Hector, Friday 21 January 1785
- To Anna Seward, Friday 21 January 1785
- To Lucy Porter, Friday 21 January 1785
- To Mary Cobb, Tuesday 15 February 1785
- To Mary Adey, Tuesday 15 February 1785
- To Anna Seward (15 February 1785)
- To the Rev. Herbert Croft, Tuesday 8 March 1785
- To the Rev. Dr. William Adams, Friday 11 March 1785
- To Edmund Hector, Friday 11 March 1785
- To Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Killaloe, Sunday 20 March 1785
- To Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, Sunday 20 March 1785
- To the Rev. John Batteridge Pearson, Thursday 7 April 1785
- To Anna Seward, Saturday 30 April 1785
- To William Bowles, Tuesday 14 June 1785
- To Joseph Cooper Walker (1 July 1785)
- To Thomas Warton, Friday 18 November 1785
- To the Rev. Dr. William Adams, Thursday 22 December 1785
- Close section
1786
- To William Bowles, Monday 27 February 1786
- To Thomas Warton (27 February 1786)
- To Edmond Malone, Wednesday 22 March 1786
- To Edmond Malone, Friday 31 March 1786
- To Thomas Warton, Thursday 13 April 1786
- To the Rev. Dr. William Adams, Monday 17 April 1786
- To Hugh Blair (21 April 1786)
- To the Rev. Dr. William Adams, Saturday 22 April 1786
- To the Rev. Dr. William Adams, Friday 5 May 1786
- To Sarah Adams, Friday 5 May 1786
- To William Bowles, Wednesday 31 May 1786
- To John Leland, Tuesday 11 July 1786
- To Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, Wednesday 12 July 1786
- To Anna Seward, Saturday 15 July 1786
- To the Rev. Daniel Astle, Thursday 28 December 1786
- Close section
1787
- To Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Killaloe, Saturday 6 January 1787
- To the Rev. Daniel Astle, Wednesday 14 February 1787
- To the Rev. Dr. William Maxwell, Monday 19 March 1787
- To Thomas Harwood, Tuesday 20 March 1787
- To Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo (8 May 1787)
- To the Rev. Dr. William Maxwell, c. Sunday 10 June1 1787
- To Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough, Thursday 14 June 1787
- To Francis Barber, Friday 29 June 1787
- To Richard Greene (29 June 1787)
- To the Rev. Dr. William Maxwell, Wednesday 4 July 1787
- To the Rev. John Hussey, Monday 9 July 17871
- To John Nichols, Monday ?23 July 1787
- To Hugh Blair (2 August 1787)
- To Joseph Warton (3 August 1787)
- To Hugh Blair (16 September 1787)
- To William Bowles, Thursday 11 October 1787
- To Sir William Forbes, Thursday 11 October 1787
- To John Hussey (15 October 1787)
- To James Beattie, Tuesday 30 October 1787
- To Dr. John Mudge, Tuesday 30 October 1787
- To William Bowles, Wednesday 7 November 1787
- To Sir William Forbes, Wednesday 7 November 1787
- To William Bowles, after 14 November 1787
- Close section
1788
- To Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, Saturday 9 February 1788
- To William Johnson Temple, Sunday–Monday 24–25 February 1788
- To Francis Barber, Monday 3 March 1788
- To James Beattie, Monday 10 March 1788
- To Francis Barber, Thursday 20 March 1788
- To Francis FrancisBarber, Friday 11 April 1788
- To Anna Seward, Friday 11 April 1788
- To Sir John Hawkins, Wednesday 16 April 1788
- To Edmond Malone (17 November 1788)
- To Sir William Forbes, Friday 12 December 1788
- Close section
1789
- To William Johnson Temple, Saturday 10 January 1789
- To William Johnson Temple, Thursday 5 March 1789
- To Hugh Blair (13 March 1789)
- To Mary Cobb, Saturday 14 March 1789
- To Mary Cobb, Friday 27 March 1789
- To William Johnson Temple, Saturday, Monday 28, 30 November 1789
- To Francis Barber, Wednesday 16 December 1789
- To Richard Greene, Wednesday 16 December 1789
- To the Rev. Dr. William Maxwell, Friday 18 December 1789
- To Mary, Dowager Countess of Rothes, Wednesday 23 December 1789
- To Frederick Howard (29 December 1789)
- Close section
1790
- To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Coombe, Wednesday 6 January 1790
- To Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, Monday 18 January 1790
- To Richard Perry, Thursday 4 February 1790
- To Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, Thursday 11 February 1790
- To Warren Hastings, Saturday 27 February 1790
- To Warren Hastings, Sunday 28 February 1790
- To Joseph Warton, Saturday 27 March 1790
- To Thomas Warton, beginning of April 1790
- To Bennet Langton (9 April 1790)
- To Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, Friday 9 April 1790
- To Isaac Reed, Monday 12 April 1790
- To Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of Leeds, Saturday 8 May 1790
- To Sir Frederick Augusta Bernard (10 June 1790)
- To Sir William Forbes, Friday 2 July 1790
- To Bennet Langton, Friday 27 August 1790
- To Warren Hastings, Wednesday 22 September 1790
- To Francis Barber, Monday 11 October 1790
- To Sir William Forbes, Monday 11 October 1790
- To George Steevens, Saturday 30 October 1790
- To Charles Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury, Monday 1 November 1790
- To Edmond Malone, Saturday 4 December 1790
- To Edmond Malone, Thursday 16 December 1790
- Close section
1791
- To Ozias Humphry, Monday 3 January 1791
- To Samuel Parr (10 January 1791)
- To Edmond Malone, Tuesday 18 January 1791
- To Edmond Malone, Saturday 29 January 1791
- To Edmond Malone, Thursday 10 February 1791
- To the Rev. James Compton, Saturday 19 February 1791
- To Edmond Malone, Friday 25 February 1791
- To Edmond Malone, Wednesday 9 March 1791
- To Edmond Malone, Saturday 12 March 1791
- To Charles Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury, Wednesday 23 March 1791
- To Edmund Hector, Wednesday 6 April 1791
- To Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wednesday 20 April 1791
- To Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, 10 May 17911
- To Warren Hastings, Friday 13 May 1791
- To Sir William Forbes, Friday 13 May 1791
- To Frances Abington, Wednesday 15 June 1791
- To John Wilkes, Saturday 25 June 1791
- To Thomas Wright, Thursday 7 July 1791
- To Edmund Burke, Saturday 16 July 1791
- To Sir William Scott, Friday 5 August 1791
- To Sir William Scott, Tuesday 9 August 1791
- To John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn, Monday 22 August 1791
- To James Elphinston, Tuesday 23 August 1791
- To Sir William Forbes, Tuesday 27 September 1791
- To the Rev. Dr. Samuel Parr, Wednesday 14 December 1791
- Close section
1792
- To the Rev. Ralph Churton, Thursday 5 April 1792
- To William Elford, Thursday 5 April 1792
- To James Abercrombie, Monday 11 June 1792
- To the Rev. Dr. Andrew Kippis, c. Saturday 11 August 1792
- To the Rev. John Fawcett, Friday 12 October 1792
- To the Rev. William Agutter, Wednesday 24 October 1792
- To Isaac Reed, Monday 26 November 1792
- Close section
1793
- To John Stuart, Earl of Bute, Monday 25 February 1793
- To William Gerard Hamilton, Monday 25 February 1793
- To the Rev. Dr. William Maxwell, Tuesday 26 February 1793
- To Andrew Erskine, Wednesday 6 March 1793
- To Edmond Malone, Wednesday 20 March 1793
- To Edmond Malone, Friday 17 May 1793
- To the Rev. John Campbell, Friday 26 July 1793
- To the Rev. Ralph Churton, Friday 26 July 1793
- To the Rev. Charles Edward De Coetlogon, Friday 26 July 1793
- To James Abercrombie, Sunday 28 July 1793
- To the Rev. Thomas Stedman, Thursday 3 October 1793
- To John Perkins, Thursday 10 October 1793
- To Sir William Forbes, Thursday 24 October 1793
- To the Rev. Thomas Stedman, Thursday 19 December 1793
- Close section 1794
- Close section 1795
- Manuscripts not precisely datable
- Close section
The Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple: 1756–1795
(co-author)
- Close section
1756–1777
(co-author)
- To Temple, ?October 1756
- To Temple, May–June 1758
- To Temple, before 20 July 1758
- To Temple, Saturday 29 July 1758
- To Temple, Saturday 16 December 1758
- To Temple, late July–early August 1759
- To Temple, ? September 1759
- To Temple, ?Autumn 1759
- To Temple, ?Autumn 1759
- To Temple, before 25 December 1759
- To Temple, before 22 March 1760
- To Temple, ?before 15 April 1761
- To Temple, Friday 1 May 1761
- To Temple, Sunday 27 March 1763
- To Temple, Monday 25 April 1763
- To Temple, 28 June 1763
- To Temple, Tuesday 12 July 1763
- To Temple, Thursday 14 July–Friday 15 July 1763
- To Temple, Tuesday 19 July 1763
- To Temple, Saturday 23 July 1763
- To Temple, Tuesday 26 July 1763 (I)
- To Temple, Tuesday 26 July 1763 (II)
- To Temple, Wednesday 27 July 1763
- To Temple, Thursday 28 July 1763
- To Temple, Wednesday 3 August 1763
- To Temple, Tuesday 16 August 1763
- To Temple, Friday 2 September 1763
- To Temple, Friday 23 September 1763
- To Temple, Sunday 25 September 1763
- To Temple, Wednesday 9 November 1763
- To Temple, Sunday 6 December 1763
- To Temple, Friday 23 March 1764
- To Temple, Tuesday 17 April 1764 (I)
- To Temple, Tuesday 17 April 1764 (II)
- To Temple, Tuesday 22 May 1764
- To Temple, ?11 June 1764
- To Temple, Sunday 17 June 1764
- To Temple, Monday 23 July 1764
- To Temple, Sunday 14 October 1764
- To Temple, Friday 28 December 1764
- To Temple, Tuesday 19 March 1765
- To Temple, Monday 22 April 1765
- To Temple, Sunday 15 September 1765
- To Temple, Sunday 26 January 1766
- To Temple, Wednesday 29 January 1766
- To Temple, Thursday 6 March 1766
- To Temple, Sunday 9 March 1766
- To Temple, Thursday 24 April 1766
- To Temple, Monday 28 April 1766
- To Temple, Saturday 17 May 1766
- To Temple, Saturday 31 May 1766
- To Temple, ?30 July 1766
- To Temple, Thursday 18 September 1766
- To Temple, November 1766
- To Temple, Sunday 1 February–Sunday 8 March 1767
- To Temple, ?early March 1767
- To Temple, Monday 30 March 1767
- To Temple, Friday 12 June 1767
- To Temple, Monday 22 June 1767
- To Temple, Friday 26 June 1767
- Instructions for Mr Temple, on his Tour to Auchinleck and Adamtown
- To Temple, Wednesday 29 July 1767
- To Temple, Tuesday 11 August 1767
- To Temple, Tuesday 25 August 1767
- To Temple, Friday 28 August 1767
- To Temple, Saturday 29 August 1767
- To Temple, Wednesday 9 September 1767
- To Temple, Tuesday 22 September 1767
- To Temple, Friday 2 October 1767
- To Temple, Friday 9 Oct 1767
- To Temple, Thursday 5 November 1767
- To Temple, Sunday 8 November 1767
- To Temple, Monday 9 November 1767
- To Temple, Friday 18 December 1767
- To Temple, Thursday 24 December 1767
- To Temple, Monday 8–Thursday 11 February 1768
- To Temple, Thursday 24 March 1768
- To Temple, Saturday 16 April 1768
- To Temple, Tuesday 26 April 1768
- To Temple, Saturday 14 May 1768
- To Temple, after 14 May 1768
- To Temple, Monday 20 June 1768
- To Temple, Wednesday 24 August 1768
- To Temple, Friday 9 December 1768
- To Temple, January–April 1769
- To Temple, Wednesday 3 May 1769
- To Temple, Friday 16 June 1769
- To Temple, Wednesday 21 June 1769
- To Temple, Monday 17 July 1769
- To Temple, Thursday 20 July 1769
- To Temple, Tuesday 15 August 1769
- To Temple, Saturday 19 August 1769
- To Temple, Monday 4 September 1769
- To Temple, Tuesday 12 September 1769
- To Temple, Tuesday 10 October 1769
- To Temple, Wednesday 18 October 1769
- To Temple, Wednesday 25 October 1769
- To Temple, November–December 1769
- To Temple, Tuesday 6 March 1770
- To Temple, Tuesday 3 April 1770
- To Temple, Monday 7 May 1770
- To Temple, Saturday 9 June 1770
- To Temple, Tuesday 19 June 1770
- To Temple, ?Saturday 11 August 1770
- To Temple, Saturday 1 September 1770
- To Temple, Thursday 6 September 1770
- To Temple, Saturday 6 October 1770
- To Temple, Monday 16 October 1770
- To Temple, Sunday 31 March 1771
- To Margaret Boswell, Friday 19 April 1771
- To Temple, Tuesday 18 June 1771
- To Temple, Saturday 16 September 1771
- To Temple, Monday 16 October 1771
- To Temple, Tuesday 24 March 1772
- To Temple, Wednesday 8 April 1772
- To Temple, Thursday 9 April 1772
- To Temple, Monday 20 April 1772
- To Temple, Saturday 2 May 1772
- To Temple, Tuesday 4 August 1772
- To Temple, Wednesday 5 August 1772
- To Temple, Monday 21–Thursday 24 September 1772
- To Temple, Friday 22 January 1773
- To Temple, Monday 8 March 1773
- To Temple, Thursday 18 March 1773
- To Temple, Tuesday 13 April 1773
- To Temple, late April 1773
- To Temple, Saturday 22 May 1773
- To Temple, Saturday 12 June 1773
- To Temple, Saturday 19 June 1773
- To Temple, ? Friday 2 July 1773
- To Temple, Saturday 24 July 1773
- To Temple, Saturday 2 October 1773
- To Temple, before Monday 8 November 1773
- To Temple, ?December 1773
- To Temple, Tuesday 4 January 1774
- To Temple, Friday 4 February 1774
- To Temple, Monday 11 April 1774
- To Temple, Wednesday 25 May 1774
- To Temple, Saturday 9 July 1774
- To Temple, ?August 1774
- To Temple, Monday 5 December 1774
- To Anne Temple, Saturday 31 December 1774
- To Temple, Monday 2 January 1775
- To Temple, Tuesday 3 January 1775
- To Temple, Saturday 18 March 1775
- To Temple, Tuesday 4 April 1775
- To Temple, Monday 17 April 1775
- To Temple, Wednesday 10 May 1775
- To Temple, Wednesday 17 May 1775
- To Temple, Monday 22 May 1775
- ? To Temple, Monday 29 May 1775
- To Temple, Saturday 3 June 1775
- To Temple, Tuesday 6 June 1775
- To Temple, Monday 19 June 1775
- To Temple, Saturday 12 August–Monday 14 August 1775
- To Temple, Saturday 2 September 1775
- To Temple, Tuesday 10 October 1775
- To Temple, Monday 16 October 1775
- To Temple, Monday 6 November 1775
- To Temple, Tuesday 2 January 1776
- To Temple, Saturday 10 February 1776
- To Temple, Saturday 17 February 1776
- To Temple, Monday 18 March 1776
- To Temple, Friday 29 March 1776
- To Temple, ?Monday 1 April 1776
- To Temple, Sunday 28 April 1776
- To Temple, Wednesday 1 May 1776
- To Temple, ?after Wednesday 1 May 1776
- To Temple, Sunday 19 May 1776
- To Temple, Tuesday 23 July 1776
- To Temple, Saturday 10 August 1776
- To Temple, Monday 26 August 1776
- To Temple, Monday 4–Wednesday 6 November 1776
- To Temple, Tuesday 19 November 1776
- To Temple, Thursday 6 March 1777
- Close section
1756–1777
(co-author)
- Close section
The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate
(co-author)
- Close section
Correspondence with James Bruce
(co-author)
- To James Bruce (19 December 1762)
- To Bruce, Thursday 24 February 1763
- To Bruce, Monday 25 April 1763
- To Bruce, ?Friday 17 June 1763
- To Bruce, Friday 12 October 1764
- To Bruce, Saturday 10 May 1766
- To Bruce, early July 1766
- To Bruce, Thursday 24 July 1766
- To Bruce, Thursday 31 July 1766
- To James Bruce (18 November 1766)
- To Bruce, shortly before Friday 28 November 1766
- To Bruce, before Monday 23 February 1767
- To Bruce, Saturday 2 July 1768
- To James Bruce (26 November 1768)
- To Bruce, Wednesday 21 June 1769
- To Bruce, Thursday 3 August 1769
- To Bruce, Monday 28 August 1769
- To Bruce, Tuesday 31 October 1769
- To James Bruce (18 May 1770)
- To Bruce, Saturday 30 March 1771
- To Bruce, Friday 8 November 1771
- To Bruce, Saturday 14 March 1772
- To Bruce, Wednesday 8 July 1772
- To Bruce, Monday 10 August 1772
- To Bruce, Friday 12 February 1773
- To Bruce, Thursday 6 January 1774
- To Bruce, Saturday 30 April 1774
- To Bruce, Friday 11 November 1774
- To Bruce, Wednesday 3 January 1776
- To Bruce, Monday 12 August 1776
- To Bruce, Friday 8 November 1776
- To Bruce, Thursday 17 April 1777
- To Bruce, Friday 30 May 1777
- To Bruce, Saturday 14 February 1778
- To Bruce, September 1778
- To Bruce, Thursday 19 November 1778
- To Bruce, Wednesday 16 December 1778
- To Bruce, Sunday 20 December 1778
- To Bruce, Thursday 7 January 1779
- To Bruce, Wednesday 3 February 1779
- To Bruce, Saturday 3 July 1779
- To Bruce, Friday 30 July 1779
- To Bruce, Wednesday 1 September 1779
- To Bruce, Saturday 20 November 1779
- To Bruce, Thursday 16 December 1779
- To Bruce, Wednesday 2 February 1780
- To Bruce, Monday 21 February 1780
- To Bruce, Friday 3 March 1780
- To James Bruce (2 May 1780)
- To Bruce, Friday 3 November 1780
- To Bruce, Wednesday 21 February 1781
- To Bruce, Thursday 18 October 1781
- To Bruce, Friday 30 November 1781
- To Bruce, Thursday 24 January 1782
- To Bruce, Thursday 14 February 1782
- To Bruce, March 1782
- To James Bruce (1 May 1782)
- To Bruce, Tuesday 9 July 1782
- To Bruce, Wednesday 31 July 1782
- To Bruce, Wednesday 13 November 1782
- To Bruce, Friday 22 November 1782
- To Bruce, Tuesday 26 November 1782
- To Bruce, Wednesday 4 December 1782
- To James Bruce (6 December 1782)
- To Bruce, Saturday 7 December 1782
- To Bruce, Tuesday 14 January 1783
- To Bruce, Wednesday 29 January 1783
- To Bruce, ?Saturday 15 February 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 15 February 1783
- To James Bruce (20 February 1783)
- To Bruce, Wednesday 26 February 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 5 April 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 26 April 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 3 May 1783
- To James Bruce (10 May 1783)
- To Bruce, Saturday 17 May 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 24 May 1783
- To Bruce, Tuesday 17 June 1783
- To Bruce, Tuesday 24 June 1783
- To Bruce, Monday 7 July 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 12 July 1783
- To Bruce, Wednesday 16 July 1783
- To Bruce, Wednesday 23 July 1783
- To Bruce, Thursday 31 July 1783
- To Bruce, Thursday 13 November 1783
- To Bruce, Wednesday 19 November 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 6 December 1783
- To James Bruce (10 December 1783)
- To Bruce, Wednesday 24 December 1783
- To Bruce, Wednesday 31 December 1783
- To Bruce, Saturday 3 January 1784
- To Bruce, Monday 5 January 1784
- To Bruce, Thursday 22 January 1784
- To Bruce, Wednesday 4 February 1784
- To Bruce, Saturday 21 February 1784
- To James Bruce (28 February 1784)
- To Bruce, Tuesday 27 April 1784
- To Bruce, Friday 14 May 1784
- To Bruce, Thursday 20 May 1784
- To Bruce, Saturday 5 June 1784
- To Bruce, Friday 25 June 1784
- To Bruce, Tuesday 20 July 1784
- To Bruce, Thursday 29 July 1784
- To Bruce, Thursday 25 November 1784
- To Bruce, Thursday 13 January 1785
- To Bruce, ?Friday 21 January 1785
- To Bruce, Friday 3 June 1785
- To Bruce, Monday 11 July 1785
- To Bruce, Wednesday 4 January 1786
- To Bruce, Wednesday 11 January 1786
- To Bruce, Wednesday 25 January 1786
- To James Bruce (24 April 1786)
- To Bruce, Wednesday 3 May 1786
- To Bruce, Thursday 1 June 1786
- To Bruce, Wednesday 11 October 1786
- To Bruce, Friday 7 December 1787
- To Bruce, Wednesday 23 January 1788
- To Bruce, Monday 28 January 1788
- To Bruce, Friday 1 February 1788
- To Bruce, Thursday 20 March 1788
- To Bruce, Tuesday 22 April 1788
- To Bruce, Monday 5 May 1788
- To Bruce, Saturday 19 July 1788
- To Bruce, ?November 1788
- To Bruce, Friday 12 December 1788
- To Bruce, Friday 16 January 1789
- To Bruce, Friday 6 February 1789
- To Bruce, Friday 13 March 1789
- To Bruce, Wednesday 2 December 1789
- To Bruce, February 1790
- To Bruce, ?Saturday 15 May 1790
- To Bruce, June or early July 1790
- Close section
Correspondence with Andrew Gibb
(co-author)
- To Gibb, Saturday 6 November 1790
- To Gibb, Monday 8 November 1790
- To Andrew Gibb (11 November 1790)
- To Gibb, Tuesday 30 November 1790
- To Gibb, Saturday 11 December 1790
- To Gibb, Thursday 16 December 1790
- To Gibb, Monday 20 December 1790
- To Gibb, Saturday 25 December 1790
- To Gibb, Thursday 30 December 1790
- To Andrew Gibb (4 January 1791)
- To Gibb, Wednesday 5 January 1791
- To Gibb, Tuesday 11 January 1791
- To Gibb, Friday 4 February 1791
- To Gibb, Monday 7 February 1791
- To Gibb, Monday 7 February 1791 (second letter)
- To Gibb, Saturday 12 February 1791
- To Gibb, Thursday 24 February 1791
- To Gibb, Monday 28 February–Tuesday 1 March 1791
- To Gibb, Friday 11 March 1791
- To Gibb, Friday 18 March 1791
- To Gibb, Thursday 24 March 1791
- To Gibb, Saturday 2 April 1791
- To Gibb, Wednesday 13 April 1791
- To Gibb, Saturday 30 April 1791
- To Gibb, Tuesday 10 May 1791
- To Gibb, Saturday 4 June 1791
- To Gibb, Friday 10 June 1791
- To Gibb, Wednesday 29 June 1791
- To Gibb, Wednesday 6 July 1791
- To Gibb, Monday 1 August 1791
- To Gibb, Monday 28 November 1791
- To Gibb, Saturday 31 December 1791
- To Gibb, Saturday 4 February 1792
- To Gibb, Monday 6 February 1792
- To Gibb, Friday 10 February 1792
- To Gibb, Friday 24 February 1792
- To Gibb, Wednesday 14 March 1792
- To Gibb, Monday 26 March 1792
- To Gibb, Monday 2 April 1792
- To Andrew Gibb (9 June 1792)
- To Gibb, Friday 15 June 1792
- To Gibb, Monday 6 August 1792
- To Gibb, Saturday 15 September 1792
- To Gibb, Tuesday 2 October 1792
- To Gibb, Friday 12 October–Saturday 13 October 1792
- To Gibb, Monday 22 October 1792
- To Andrew Gibb (29 October 1792)
- To Gibb, Tuesday 13 November 1792
- To Gibb, Thursday 29 November 1792
- To Gibb, Wednesday 5 December 1792
- To Gibb, Tuesday 18 December 1792
- To Gibb, Thursday 24 January 1793
- To Gibb, Saturday 23 March 1793
- To Gibb, Tuesday 23 April 1793
- To Gibb, Friday 31 May–Monday 3 June 1793
- To Gibb, Tuesday 18 June 1793
- To Gibb, Thursday 20 June 1793
- To Gibb, Wednesday 3 July 1793
- To Gibb, Wednesday 10 July 1793
- To Andrew Gibb (14 August 1793)
- To Gibb, Friday 30 August 1793
- To Gibb, Monday 9 September 1793
- To Gibb, Wednesday 25 September 1793
- To Gibb, Thursday 24 October 1793
- To Gibb, Thursday 12 December 1793
- To Gibb, Friday 13 December 1793
- To Gibb, Thursday 19 December 1793
- To Gibb, Thursday 9 January 1794
- To Gibb, Friday 10 January 1794
- To Gibb, Monday 13 January 1794
- To Gibb, Tuesday 4 February 1794
- To Gibb, Monday 24 February 1794
- To Gibb, Wednesday 26 February 1794
- To Gibb, Friday 7 March 1794
- To Gibb, Thursday 27 March 1794
- To Andrew Gibb (31 March 1794)
- To Gibb, Thursday 3 April 1794
- To Gibb, Saturday 12 April 1794
- To Gibb, Thursday 1 May 1794
- To Gibb, Friday 9 May 1794
- To Gibb, Wednesday 14 January 1795
- To Gibb, Monday 2 February 1795
- To Gibb, Monday 23 February 1795
- To Gibb, Monday 2 March 1795
- To Gibb, Thursday 19 March 1795
- To Andrew Gibb (27 March 1795)
- Close section
Correspondence with James Bruce
(co-author)
- Close section Rousseau
- Draft of a Letter on the French Translations of Corsica (September–December 1769)
- To Margaret Boswell, Tuesday 23 April 1776
