London, 2 September 1870 
1 Maitland Park Road, 
Haverstock Hill 

Dear Meyer, 

Just a few lines in great haste (if I am to catch the post). I shall 
write to you more fully next week. I came back yesterday from the 
seaside where the doctors had sent me for my health but where 
a violent and painful attack of sciatica bent me double for weeks 
on end. 

The first thing I did on my return was to reply to a pile of 
letters waiting for me; among my letter-creditors was Sorge, with 
half a dozen letters. Your letter had been mislaid and I only 
received it after sending off my reply to Sorge,* so I was unable to 
modify that in the light of the information contained in your 
letter. 

In any case I simply had to write to Sorge because he had sent 
me newspapers and Lasor Statistics (Massachusetts)”, ditto infor- 
mation about Hume of use to the General Council, together with 2 
samples of the International cards, etc., he had produced. Lastly, I 
could not under any circumstances permit friend Vogt’s erroneous 
view of Schily—one of my oldest and most intimate friends—to 
stand uncorrected.* 

I was delighted to see from Sorge’s last letter that you were 
being sent as a delegate to Cincinnati. 

If the German Workers’ Union has nominated other correspon- 
dents this ract should be reported to me officially for communica- 
tion to the General Council. 

Salut et fraternité. 

Yours, 
K. M. 

a See this volume, pp. 56-57.- > Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor...