MARX TO A. von BRUNINGK 

{Rough copy] 

[London,] 18 October 1852 
28 Dean Street, Soho 

To Baron A. von Briiningk 

I have received by today’s post the Baltimore Wecker dated 
27 September 1852, together with your statement. Since I, as one 
of the correspondents of A. Cluss in Washington, am directly 
involved in this matter, I would request you to appoint a 
meeting-place for Thursday or Friday (of this week).” I for my 
part shall bring a witness with me and would therefore request 
you to do likewise, but would point out in advance that the said 
witness may not be either Ruge, Ronge, Kinkel, or Willich, since 
these gentlemen are implicated in the matter now pending, nor can 
it be Mr Schimmelpfennig. When in Paris, that gentleman swore in 
so many words to ‘destroy me by slander of every possible 
description’. While I do not believe in his destructive ability, I 
cannot, in view of this assertion, possibly consent to meet him. 

@ into English of Marx’s Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, 1- > 21 or 22 
October 

I shall then explain to you my connection with the Baltimore 
article?” and, should my explanation not suffice, I shall be 
prepared to give you the satisfaction customary among gentlemen. 

Yours truly 
Dr Karl Marx