Letter to Karl Marx, January 25, 1869

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 25 January 1869


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 4, Stuttgart, 1913. Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 43


ENGELS TO MARX[1]

IN LONDON

Manchester, 25 January 1869
7 Southgate

Dear Moor,

In all haste, just an announcement that we are all on our feet again, and that, luckily, Gumpert raised a false alarm about scarlet fever. Today I must look carefully through the draft contract with G. Ermen, which I am now getting, so that things may be settled as soon as possible[2] ; for this reason, only these few lines today. As soon as I see the way clear and everything has gone so far that no miscarriage may be feared, I shall come to London for a few days.

Best greetings to you all.

F. E.

Since Jenny has been coughing, you must have cancelled immediately the arrangement about giving lessons?[3]

  1. ↑ This letter is written on a form with the letterhead: 'Memorandum from Ermen & Engels to M'.
  2. ↑ Ibid., pp. 167, 170.
  3. ↑ See this volume, p. 171.