Boswell met her on January 3rd, 1763 at the Gould's in London. He didn't recognize her at first, but later that day admitted to having had a crush on her when he was 13 years old and recuperating from a disease at Moffat. Boswell also reports being with a Mrs. Douglas at the Goulds' on January 8, and at a Mrs. Douglas' with the Goulds on January 15, 1763, but Pottle identifies this latter Mrs. Douglas as the wife of Andrew Douglas.