Letter to Hermann Ramm, March 18, 1875

Author(s)	Friedrich Engels
Written	18 March 1875

First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, Second Russian Edition, Vol. 34, Moscow 1964
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 45

ENGELS TO HERMANN RAMM^[1]

IN LEIPZIG

[London, 18 March 1875]

Answered 18/3. Possibly 1,000 talers from me, but dependent on circumstances over which I have no control. Shall revert to this as soon as possible.^[2]

↑ This is a short record of a reply to Hermann Ramm's letter to Engels of 7 February 1875. Ramm wrote that the Volksstaat publishers planned to purchase a plot of land to build new premises for the party printing office in Leipzig and requested Engels to help collect the necessary funds. This plan is also mentioned in Engels' letter to August Bebel of 15 October 1875 (see this volume, pp. 123-25).
↑ The text crossed out before this note reads: 'Answered 16/3/75. Have offered, as soon as I can make them available, 1,000 talers on the same terms as the other contributors but definite decision postponed until after the Congress,⁷¹ so that I shall be entirely uncommitted should it produce a predominantly Lassallean programme and authorities.'

[1] This is a short record of a reply to Hermann Ramm's letter to Engels of 7 February 1875. Ramm wrote that the Volksstaat publishers planned to purchase a plot of land to build new premises for the party printing office in Leipzig and requested Engels to help collect the necessary funds. This plan is also mentioned in Engels' letter to August Bebel of 15 October 1875 (see this volume, pp. 123-25).

[2] The text crossed out before this note reads: 'Answered 16/3/75. Have offered, as soon as I can make them available, 1,000 talers on the same terms as the other contributors but definite decision postponed until after the Congress,⁷¹ so that I shall be entirely uncommitted should it produce a predominantly Lassallean programme and authorities.'

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