Letter to Friedrich Adolph Sorge, September 4, 1888

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 4 September 1888


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 48


ENGELS TO FRIEDRICH ADOLPH SORGE[1]

IN HOBOKEN

Niagara Falls, N. Y,
4 September 1888

Dear Sorge,

We have been here since Sunday[2] morning and are enjoying ourselves greatly. The nature is beautiful here, the air is superb, the food is excel- lent and the nigger waiters are amusing—what more could one want, given this fine weather. As yet there have been no mosquitoes either, despite all the water. Our tour of the Oil Regions has been abandoned— whether we go to Chicago will be decided today—I think not. If we don't go we shall have adhered rigidly to your itinerary.

The fact that Jonas has found me out is yet another reason for delay- ing my return to New York for as long as possible. However, even if he sends me his Cuno now, it will be of no consequence. My trip is pretty well over and a half hour's grilling is the most that he'll be able to inflict on me.

Warm regards from us all to your wife[3] and yourself.

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ The letter was written on hotel notepaper with a picture of the Niagara Falls and the address: Spencer House, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
  2. ↑ 2 September
  3. ↑ Katharina Sorge