James Kettle - Writer
Biography
Birth: n/a
Death: n/a
Writer. Listed as a writer in Edinburgh at least as late as 1782.1
Life with James Boswell
Boswell spent some time with Kettle during a boat trip on October 30, 1762. He described him as "a little stirring man who makes a neat livelihood by his business, loves a chat with a companion, a dish of tea with his female acquaintances, the news, the coffee-house, and now and then the public diversions. He is good-tempered and was not displeased at my merrily asking him if his name was spelt just like other kettles. I made this man exceedingly subservient to me. I had seen him before".2
Notes
Note 1: Williamson's Directory for the City of Edinburgh, Canongate, Leith, and Suburbs: from June, 1782, to June,1783.
Note 2: Journal of my Jaunt, 1762
Mentioned in
James Kettle is mentioned in:
- Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
