Letter to Karl Marx, January 7, 1863

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ENGELS TO MARX

IN LONDON

Manchester, 7 January 1863[1]

Dear Moor,

Mary[2] is dead. Last night she went to bed early and, when Lizzy[3] wanted to go to bed shortly before midnight, she found she had already died. Quite suddenly. Heart failure or an apoplectic stroke. I wasn't told till this morning; on Monday eveningK she was still quite well. I simply can't convey what I feel. The poor girl loved me with all her heart.

Your

F. E.

  1. Wrong date in the original: '1862'.
  2. Mary Burns
  3. Lizzy Burns