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Letter to Carl Siebel, April 2, 1861
| Author(s) | Karl Marx |
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| Written | 2 April 1861 |
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 41
MARX TO CARL SIEBEL
IN BARMEN
[Berlin,] 2 April 1861
Dear Siebel,
A letter, which arrived from Amsterdam today, brought the pleasant tidings that I shall be able to SETTLE my chief financial difficulties (which run to hundreds of pounds), since my uncle[1] (who looks after my mother's affairs) has declared himself agreeable so far as the main issue is concerned. I am thus rid of my chief worry, but as regards the secondary matter I wrote to you about,[2] I shall have to rely on you.
I am bored stiff here. I am treated as a kind of LION and am forced to see a great many professional 'wits', both male and female. C'est affreux.[3] What is keeping me here (not for more than another week, I hope) is the circumstance that I refuse to leave until I have forced the Prussian government to recognise my REINIEGRA-TION. Prima facie[4] they are not making any difficulties about it, but are trying to shelve it.
I shall be spending only one day in Elberfeld. Kindly write and tell me by return, how quickly one can get from Elberfeld to Aachen where I have an appointment.
For Part II of my political economy,8 I have dismissed Duncker in favour of Brockhaus. (Not that the latter knows this yet, but I have a sure means of forcing his hand.)
Salut.
Your
K. M.