Letter to Karl Marx, February 2, 1852

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 2 February 1852


First published: abridged in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 1, Stuttgart, 1913 and in full in Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXV, Moscow, 1934
Published in English in full for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39


ENGELS TO MARX

IN LONDON

[Manchester,] 2 February 1852

Dear Marx,

Do you recall a refugee by the name of Richter from Torgau (Prussian Saxony), a saddler and upholsterer—who used to be in London? This man, whom I recall having seen in London—tall, fair, the manners of a refugee—suddenly calls on me here, ostensibly having returned from Barmen where, he maintains, he worked for a time without papers; he brings greetings from Hühnerbein, etc. I can call to mind absolutely nothing about him except that I have seen him before. At all events, our register of refugees and Pfänder's or Rings' good memory should be able to tell us more particulars about him. I rather suspect the fellow is a member of Willich's clique[1] —in which case I shall chuck him out at once. The man has already found work here.

So far, I've been able to discover nothing in The Times about the business of our people in Cologne.[2] I am only awaiting your reply to write immediately, s'il y a lieu, to The Daily News. The American STEAMER is in but, much to my surprise, no letter from Weydemeyer, or any copies of the paper,[3] at least up till now. However, it's still possible that these may arrive tomorrow.

Your

F. E.

Tell Pieper I shall shortly be sending him his £2, now the new month has begun.

  1. ↑ Here Engels has in mind the Willich-Schapper faction (see Note 15) which existed till early 1853
  2. ↑ See this volume, p. 24.
  3. ↑ Die Revolution