Letter to Friedrich Engels, May 13, 1854

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Author(s) Jenny von Westphalen
Written 13 May 1854


First published: Marx and Engels, Works, Second Russian Edition, Vol. 28, Moscow 1962
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39
Keywords : Letter, Friedrich Engels


JENNY MARX TO FREDERICK ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

London, 13 May [1854]

Dear Mr Engels,

I am sending you herewith a packet of old abusive paperasse[1]; and with it the very latest ordure by Wiss,[2] Dulon, etc. Some of it will amuse you. For the past five days Karl has been plagued by rheumatic pains in his teeth, ears and face, so severe that he hasn't been able to sleep a single night and today feels seriously indisposed. Nothing we tried did any good. We went through the whole pharmacopoeia, from Pfänder to Raspail. But still the same terrible pain. Not until tonight was some sweating induced by Spanish fly, opium, etc., and a slight improvement noticeable. He's not in a condition to put pen to paper, but urgently begs you, dear Mr Engels, to be sure and send him an article on Tuesday[3] so that we don't miss another whole week, as we did last. Otherwise it would make too big a hole in the money-box. Cordial regards from the whole family and from

Jenny Marx

Heise and the little man[4] have written Imandt a quite crazy letter. It reeked of brandy.

  1. ↑ waste paper
  2. ↑ Probably E. Wiß, 'Die elementaren Richtungen der Zeit', see also this volume, p. 449.
  3. ↑ 16 May. Engels wrote 'A Famous Victory' on 15 May.
  4. ↑ Ernst Dronke
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