V. I.

Lenin

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To:   HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW

His Excellency

Mark Timofeyevich Yelizarov, Po Volge Steamship Co., Nevsky, 45, Petrograd, Russia

Uljanow, Spiegelgasse, 14 II , Zürich, Switzerland

September 20, 1916

Dear M.T., Please show this postcard to Manyasha or send it on
to her. I yesterday received her letter (postcard) dated
August 8, and also some books, for which my best thanks.
I was greatly worried by the news that Anyuta is in hospital. [1] What is the matter? Is it the same disease that made
her once before, as she wrote, go into hospital for an operation?
I hope that she and you will, at least, apply to only the very
best surgeons because in such cases one should never have
dealings with mediocre doctors. I shall impatiently await more
frequent news, even if only in brief. Letters take a terribly
long time nowadays! Many thanks to Manyasha for taking so much trouble over publishers; I shall get down to writing
something or other, because prices have risen so hellishly
that life has become devilishly difficult. How is Manyasha
getting on? Does she earn a good salary? (I received 200
rubles and acknowledged it; thanks again.) If you can, please send Russian newspapers once a week after you have
read them, because I have none at all (it is not worth while
sending them more often). All the best and kisses for
Manyasha. Nadya says the same.

Yours,

V. Ulyanov