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John Charles

Reverend at the Church-of-England chapel in Amsterdam around 1764.

Probably the John Charles, D.D. who is listed as chaplain of the Church of England in Amsterdam in 1741.1

Boswell went to Charles' sermon on May 26, 1764, describing the sermon as good and Charles as "a very pretty man".

  • 1Listed in the Rev. William Steven's "The History of the Scottish Church, Rotterdam",  p. 282 (find it at [Abebooks])
Boswell in Holland 1763-64

Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.