London, 14 November 1894 
To August Bebel & Paul Singer 
The thousand pounds I have bequeathed to you for ‘electoral pur- 

* honorary presidency - ° actual presidency - ° means of communication - “ trade relations -° 
landlord -' shopkeeper - small proprietor -" usurer 

poses’—from which death duty will be deducted—had to be bequeathed in 
this form because I could not bequeath the money to the party in any other 
form if it was to be regarded as a legally valid legacy in this country. That 
was the only reason for the above proviso. So first of all make sure that you 
get the money and, when you have got it, that it does not fall into the hands 
of the Prussians. And while passing a resolution on these points mind you 
drink a bottle of good wine; do this is memory of me. 

Friedrich Engels