Letter to Friedrich Engels, January 21, 1853

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 21 January 1853


First published abridged in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 1, Stuttgart, 1913 and in full in MEGA, Abt. III, Bd. 1, Berlin, 1929
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

[London,] 21 January 1853

Dear Engels,

If at all possible, kindly translate the whole of the enclosed[1] and send it off direct from Manchester (signing it with my name) via Liverpool or Southampton, depending on sailings, to 'A. Dana, One of the Editors of the "New-York Tribune", New York'.

This is how matters stand: Now that our misfortunes here have reached a CLIMAX, I have drawn £20 on Greeley for 10 articles (including the enclosed) and have written, telling him that the copyist has not quite finished copying the article (which must therefore be dated Friday), and that it will be sent off to him on Tuesday. I have charged him £2 per article, which is what Dana promised in his letter of 16 December 1851, a promise he has so far failed to keep (in respect of CURRENT LETTERS).[2]

The little Jew Bamberger has not yet given me a centime but I have his promise and shall by degrees extract at least £15 from him against the bill (pending its arrival).

Now that we are charging £2, the above article must be sent off in its entirety. The piece about the Duchess of Sutherland will cause an uproar in America.

Apropos, Blind has already dunned me twice for Herzen's book.[3] So you must return it to me.

It is 2 o'clock in the morning. Hence I cannot now have this letter STAMPED, and must send it off unstamped.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ K. Marx, 'Elections.—Financial Clouds.—The Duchess of Sutherland and Slavery'.
  2. ↑ A. Herzen, Du développement des idées révolutionnaires en Russie.
  3. ↑ A. Herzen, Du développement des idées révolutionnaires en Russie.