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Rufin - Innkeeper in Berlin

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Innkeeper and/or restaurateur at Poststrasse in Berlin in the 1760s

Life with James Boswell

Rufin's Inn on Post Strasse was the point of arrival for Boswell in Berlin on July 5, 1764. Boswell first met Denis-Daniel de Froment and Lauchlan MacPherson here on that date. He later dined here a number of times before he left Berlin for good in the autumn of '64.

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Rufin is mentioned in:

  • Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764

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