Letter to Jakins, September 23, 1890

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 23 September 1890


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, Second Russian Edition, Vol. 37, Moscow 1965
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 49

ENGELS TO JAKINS[1]

IN LONDON

[Draft]

[London, 23 September 1890]

In pursuance of the conversation I had with you, I now beg to say that I am willing to take the house 122 Regent's Park Road on a three years agreement (similar to the one I previously had with the late Marquis de Rothwell) and at the rent of £60 a year on the condition that the landlord does for me what he would be required to do for a new tenant.

Besides smaller repairs, such as papering, etc., which might be necessary by next spring, there are two points which in my opinion come under that class, viz.

1) a new efficient kitchen range to replace the present one which is 20 years old and quite worn out;

2) efficient arrangements for a hot and cold water bath, the present bath having only cold water to turn on.

I hope these demands will not be found unreasonable and remain

Dear Sir

etc.

  1. ↑ houseowner in London. (MECW)