Letter to Friedrich Adolph Sorge, March 22, 1873

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 22 March 1873


First published in Briefe und Auszüge aus Briefen von Joh. Phil. Becker, Jos. Dietzgen, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx u. A. an F. A. Sorge und Andere, Stuttgart, 1906
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44


ENGELS TO FRIEDRICH ADOLPH SORGE

IN HOBOKEN

London, 22 March 1873

Dear Sorge,

I wrote to you on the 20th inst.[1] and am today sending Emancipación No. 89 and International Herald No. 51.

I forgot to add when talking of the $20 not sent to Lodi that during their period of difficulties, those people had received the following:

from here 50 frs from the Committee of the Social- Democratic Workers' Party, 20 thalers 75
" from Oberwinder in Vienna 50 florins 125 "

Total
250 francs

I thought this was sufficient for a situation with such a favourable outcome: 3 were released after two weeks and only Bignami was in custody for circa 6 weeks.

The resolution of 26 January[2] and the Address to the Spaniards have been sent off to Lodi.

As you can see from the Emancipación, the Address to the Spaniards was very well received.[3]

Best wishes,

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ See this volume, pp. 481 85.
  2. ↑ Under the resolution issued by the New York General Council on 26 January 1873, all organisations and individuals who refused to comply with the decisions of the Hague Congress thereby placed themselves outside the International Working Men's Association. Later, on 30 May, the General Council passed a new resolution which listed the federations, sections and individuals who had placed themselves outside the International.
  3. ↑ The General Council Address to the Spanish workers (see Note 681) was published in La Emancipación, No. 89, 18 March 1873. In an accompanying note, the editorial board approved of the Address.