Letter to Johann Philipp Becker, December 24, 1880

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 24 December 1880


First published in: F. Engels, Vergessene Briefe (Briefe Friedrich Engels' an Johann Philipp Becker), Berlin, 1920
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 46


ENGELS TO JOHANN PHILIPP BECKER

IN GENEVA

London, 24 December 1880

Dear Old Man,

This is to advise you in all haste that I have taken out a money order for you for five pounds sterling = 126 frs, which I trust you will receive.

When Liebknecht was here 6 ° I hauled him over the coals for hav- ing failed so much as to consider you when distributing the relief fund. I told him you were just as much, if not more, a victim of the Anti-Socialist Law ' 6 as many of the Berliners, amongst whom there are some notorious blackguards. Now he has written to say: Becker will be cared for. So make sure this is done and, if not and supposing it embarrasses you to dun them, drop me a line and I'll see to it for you.

Better luck in the New Year.

Your old friend,

F. Engels