London, 16 October 1851 
28 Dean Street, Soho 

Dear Weydemeyer, 

Not only have I myself written to A. Charles Dana,*” one of the 
editors of the New-York Tribune, but I have sent him a letter of 
introduction for you from Freiligrath. So all you have to do is to 
call on him and mention our names. 

You ask about a statistical manual. I would recommend—since 
it also contains economic expositions—the Commercial Dictionary 
by MacCulloch, 1845. There are more recent things, e.g., by 
MacGregor, whose works on statistics are, generally speaking, 
probably the best so far as Europe as a whole is concerned.* But 
they are very dear. However, you will certainly find them in one 
of the New York libraries. MacCulloch, on the other hand, is a 
manual which every journalist ought to possess. 

On England, specially to be recommended: Porter, The Progress 
of the Nation. New edition, 1851. 

On the history of commerce generally: 

Tooke: History of Prices. 3 vols. Up to 1848. On North America, 
especially MacGregor, who has written a statistical study of the 
United States. 

* Reference to the terms for publication of Notes to the People. -» but what can I 
do? - © J. MacGregor, Commercial Tariffs and Regulations, Resources, and Trade of the 
Several States of Europe and America; The Resources and Statistics of Nations. 

On Germany: Freiherr von Reden: Vergleichende Kulturstatistik. 
On France: Moreau.’ 

Now I have another commission for you. At the request of 
Koch, a former German Catholic priest, whom you may inquire 
after at the Staatszeitung, for which he writes from time to time, | 
sent him 20 Manifestes (in German) and one English translation of 
the same, instructing him to have it—the English translation— 
printed in pamphlet form, along with Harney’s introductory note.“ 
Since that time there hasn’t been a word from Mr Koch. Please ask 
him, 1) for an explanation of this most suspect silence, after he 
had written to me so urgently, and 2) get him to give you the 
English translation and see if you can dispose of it in pamphlet 
form, i.e. if you can publish, distribute and sell it. Needless to say, 
any proceeds there may be will go to you, but we should like to 
have 20-50 copies for ourselves. 

Dronke is coming here on the 23rd inst 

Write soon. Regards to you and your wife from my wife, 
myself and all friends. 

I hope that you have weathered the voyage successfully and that 
things will go well with you in the United States. 

496 

Your 
K. Marx 

{From Mrs Jenny Marx] 

Tell your dear wife that, during this time, I have been thinking of her with 
heartfelt sympathy and concern. What must she have endured on the long sea 
voyage with two small children! I hope these lines will not reach New York too 
long before yourselves. I feel sure that you will manage to make a provisional 
home for yourselves there. 

We have had no news of Edgar since his departure in April. He left Bremen 
on the sailing vessel Reform, Captain Ammerman, intending to disembark at 
Galveston and stay, to begin with, in New Braunfels. Perhaps, dear Mr 
Weydemeyer, it might be possible for you to track him down somewhere from New 
York. His silence is all the more incomprehensible as he knows that, because of the 

a A. Moreau de Jonnés, Statistique générale de la France. - > K. Marx and F. Engels, 
Manifesto of the Communist Party. - ¢ [(G. J. Harney, Introduction to the Manifesto of the 
Communist Party,] The Red Republican, No. 21, 9 November 1850. - 4 Louise - ¢ Edgar 
von Westphalen 

paralysis of her right hand, our poor, lonely little mama? has been deprived of the 
last solace fate has left her—to communicate in writing with those she loves most. 
Farewell, and warm regards from 
Jenny Marx