Letter to Pyotr Lavrov, March 24, 1883

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 24 March 1883


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVII, Moscow, 1935
Printed according to the original. Translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 46


ENGELS TO PYOTR LAVROV

IN PARIS

London, 24 March 1883

My dear Lavrov,

I have received a long telegram from Moscow asking me to lay a wreath on Marx's grave on behalf of the students of the Petrovsky Academy of Agriculture; not having my address, they telegraphed the editorial department of The Daily News. Now they are asking me to let them know the price of the wreath and my address. But it is not signed with a name — merely: Students of the Petrovsky Academy in Moscow.

To whom should I reply? Perhaps you could advise me. As the telegram arrived after the burial, and the grave has today been re-opened for the burial of Longuet's little boy[1] who died last Tuesday[2] , I shall not be able to lay the wreath on it till next week. But then I should like to let the worthy young men know that I have received their telegram and carried out the task they entrusted to me.

Yours ever, in haste,

F. Engels

  1. ↑ Henri Longuet
  2. ↑ 20 March