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CHAPTER IV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2011

Caroline Herschel
Edited by
Mary Cornwallis Herschel
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DIARY—continued—1810.

April 29th.—My nephew took leave of me, returning to Cambridge.

May 4th.—I went to Slough, my brother going to town with Mrs. H. He returned after a short stay, and I remained with him till Mrs. H. came home again. Some of my last days of staying at Slough I spent in papering and painting the rooms I was to occupy in a small house of my brother's attached to the Crown Inn, to which I removed.

July 13th.—I went to remain at my brother's house during the time he, with Mrs. H. and Miss Baldwin, went to Scotland.

Sept. 18th.—My brother and the family returned, and Dietrich came to Slough, a room being prepared for him in my cottage.

Dec. 1st.—Dietrich went to town to enter on his winter engagement.

July 22nd.—My brother with his family left Slough on a tour to Edinburgh and Glasgow. I went to his house till they returned, Sept. 18th.

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Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel , pp. 118 - 140
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1876

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