Letter to Pasquale Martignetti, July 20, 1889

Author(s)	Friedrich Engels
Written	20 July 1889

First published, in Italian, in La corrispondenza di Marx e Engels con italiani. 1848-1895, Milano, 1964
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 48

ENGELS TO PASQUALE MARTIGNETTI

IN BENEVENTO

London, 20 July 1889

My dear friend Martignetti,

All I can say in reply to your letter of the 14th inst. is that my funds are only limited and, furthermore, that there are calls on them from a great many quarters. Hence, if your Buenos Aires plan goes ahead, I cannot possibly assume the responsibility of guaranteeing your livelihood until such time as you are able to lay the foundations of a new livelihood yourself. I will tell you quite candidly what more I can do. I can place another five pounds sterling at your disposal and, should something very important be at stake, shall try and send you another five, i.e. ten pounds in all. That, however, would in fact exhaust my funds for a long time to come and render it impossible for me to do anything further for you.

I hope you will be justly treated by the court of appeal and remain

Yours very sincerely,

F. Engels