Boswell, James, 1740-1795. James Boswell papers (MS Eng 1386): Guide.

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Boswell, James, 1740-1795. James Boswell papers (MS Eng 1386): Guide.

1756-1799

1.25 linear feet

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11655203

Houghton Library

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Hodge (Cat)

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Hodge was a cat who lived with Samuel Johnson at his Gough Square home in the mid-18th century. James Boswell described Johnson's affinity for Hodge in his Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: "Hodge was Samuel Johnson's beloved cat. While he had other feline companions, Hodge is the most well-known, owing to a passage in James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Boswell wrote: 'Nor would it be just, under this head, to omit the fondness which he shewed for animals which he had taken under his...