Letter to Friedrich Engels, December 5, 1861

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 5 December 1861


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 3, Stuttgart 1913
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 42


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

[London,] 5 December [1861]

Dear Engels,

Didn't send an acknowledgment sooner because afflicted by great TROUBLE. My wife is very indisposed. I shall write to you this evening, as I have to concoct an article today.[1]

Salut.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ Presumably 'The Principal Actors in the Trent Drama', which Marx dated 4 December 1861.