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Rufin

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

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 travelling on in the autumn of 1764.

    Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1764

    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.