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Letter to Philippe Coenen, March 24, 1870

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 24 March 1870


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVI, Moscow, 1935
Printed according to a copy of the original
Translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 43


MARX TO PHILIPPE COENEN[1]

IN ANTWERP

London, 24 March 1870
1 Modena Villas, Maitland Park,

Haverstock Hill, London Citizen,

Yesterday I received the proefllad[2] of Het Volk published at Rotterdam and a letter from its editor, Philipp von Roesgen von Floss,[3] in which he asks, among other things, for a card as a

member of the International. I know neither Mr Philipp von Roesgen von Floss nor the state of our affairs at Rotterdam. I suppose that you are better informed, and I am asking you to please write to me on these two points: (1) What is the state of affairs of the International at Rotterdam? (2) Can the General Council establish relations with Mr Philipp von Roesgen von Floss?

Greetings and fraternity.

Karl Marx

  1. ↑ This letter is reproduced from a copy made in an unidentified handwriting. It begins with the written stamp of the General Council: 'General Council of the International Working Men's Association, 256, High Holborn, London, W.C.
  2. ↑ specimen number
  3. ↑ See this volume, pp. 462 63.