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Letter to Friedrich Engels, August 8, 1854

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 8 August 1854


First published in Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXII, Moscow, 1929
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

[London,] 8 August 1854

Dear Frederic,

I have duly received your war 'OBSERVATIONS'[1] and incorporated them IN TODAYS LETTER.[2] If you can possibly see your way to getting hold of some money for me I would urgently request you to do so. The £11 extra expenditure incurred over the past 6 weeks has plunged me into the utmost DESTITUTION. Moreover, Pieper, who is sans sou[3] has been living and eating here all that time and will certainly be staying for another 2-3 weeks. C'est dur[4]

Did you see in the papers that the 2 Turkish officers sent to that 'great' democrat Shamyl Bey by the Asiatic army were accompanied by COLONEL Bangya?

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ F. Engels, 'The Attack on the Russian Forts'.
  2. ↑ K. Marx, 'Evacuation of the Danubian Principalities.—The Events in Spain.—A New Danish Constitution.— The Chartists'.
  3. ↑ penniless
  4. ↑ It is hard.