Letter to J. M. Weber, March 27, 1860

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 27 March 1860


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXV, Moscow, 1934
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 41


MARX TO J. M. WEBER

IN BERLIN

London, 27 March 1860
9 Grafton Terrace, Maitland Park,
Haverstock Hill

Sir,

I am enclosing herewith the last two documents needed to complete what has already been sent. The first is a letter from the editor-in-chief of the New-York Tribune to me.[1] I have included a German translation.

The second document is highly important in that it proves that the wretched Cherval, alias Nugent, alias Cramer, far from being in touch with me when he was in Geneva, was hounded out of that city as a result of my book about the Communist trial in Cologne.[2]

The letter is from Johann Philipp Becker in Paris (Becker fled after the affair of 1830/31, in 1848/49 he first commanded the volunteers in Baden, then he was colonel of the revolutionary army in Baden and the Palatinate; he is now a business man in Paris and, so to speak, the doyen of the German émigrés) and is directed to Rheinländer, a merchant in London, with whom he has business connections. Mr Rheinländer, who is an acquaintance of mine, was good enough to let me have the letter.

Apart from this letter, I have also sent you:

1. Dated 21 Feb. Power of attorney, together with enclosures.

2. Dated 24 Feb. A letter, together with enclosures.

3. Dated 3 March. Two packages with enclosures.[3]

I now look forward to receiving by return of post, firstly, a confirmation that these various letters, etc., have arrived, secondly, some news about the progress of the libel suit.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Dr Karl Marx

  1. ↑ A letter from Charles Dana. See this volume, p. 68.
  2. ↑ K. Marx, Revelations Concerning the Communist Trial in Cologne. Marx quotes it in Herr Vogt, present edition, Vol. 17, pp. 60-63.
  3. ↑ See this volume, pp. 53, 59-76, 92-104.