Letter to J. Molesworth, after June 5, 1872

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 5 June 1872


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, Second Russian Edition, Vol. 50, Moscow, 1981
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44
Reproduced from the original


ENGELS TO J. MOLESWORTH[1]

IN LESTER

[Draft]

[London, after 5 June 1872]

...[2] have every confidence in the character of Mr Glaser whom you will, I have no doubt, always find straightforward in all his dealings. As to his means I cannot give you any definite information but as I have the confidence in him that he would not order more than he was justified in doing, I should not hesitate to give him a moderate credit say a couple of £100—or even more. I think if you were to limit your credit at the beginning to £200—and then extend it afterwards as the business goes on and you get better acquainted with him, you would be pretty safe.

It is what I should do in your case.

  1. ↑ This draft of Engels' reply to Molesworth was added to the letter which he posted to Engels in Leicester on 5 June 1872.
    On the reasons which prompted Engels to write this letter, see Note 447.
  2. ↑ The beginning of the letter is missing.