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Letter to Friedrich Engels, December 2, 1863
| Author(s) | Karl Marx |
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| Written | 2 December 1863 |
First published in English in full in The Letters of Karl Marx, selected and translated with explanatory notes and an introduction by Saul K. Padover, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1979
Printed according to the original
Published in English in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 41
MARX TO ENGELS
IN MANCHESTER
[London,] 2 December 1863
DEAR FREDERICK,
Two hours ago a telegram arrived, saying my mother[1] was dead. Fate laid claim to one of our family. I myself have already had one foot in the grave. Circumstances being what they were, I, presumably, was needed more than my mater.
I have got to go to Trier to settle the question of the legacy. Was in much doubt as to what Allen would say, as it is only 3 days since I first began taking a recuperative WALK of half an hour a day.
However, Allen has given me 2 enormous bottles of medicine to take with me and actually thinks it advisable for me to go. The wound hasn't stopped discharging yet, but all along the route I should find good Samaritanesses[2] to apply the plaster for me.
I must now ask you to send me enough money by return to enable me to leave for Trier forthwith. Salut.
Your
K. M.