Letter to Eduard von Müller-Tellering, February 7, 1850

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 7 February 1850


Source: Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 38, p. 227-228;
First published: in Tellering, Vorgeschmack in die künftige deutsche Diktatur von Marx und Engels, Cologne, 1850

TO EDUARD von MÜLLER-TELLERING IN LONDON

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[London, 7 February 1850] Thursday morning

Dear Tellering,

Your note[1] arrived so late that, even with the best will in the world, it would have been difficult to get you a ticket for today's ball. Since moreover you have failed, even though accepted by the society as a member, either to take out your card or to attend any of the meetings, and only the day before yesterday an individual in a similar situation was expelled from the society, I for my part find it entirely impossible to accede to your request.

Tout à vous[2]

Engels

  1. ↑ In his note of 5 February 1850 Eduard von Müller-Tellering asked for a ticket to the ball organised by the London German Workers' Educational Society. Engels' refusal was used by Tellering as a pretext for intrigues against Marx and Engels. See also this volume, pp. 229-30, 234.
  2. ↑ Yours ever