[Barmen,] 9 May 1848 

Dear Marx, 

Herewith: 

1. The list of the shares so far subscribed for, 14 in number. 

2. A proxy for you.?” 

3. One for d’Ester (Bohnstedt is an acquaintance of his). 

4. One for Burgers. 

It was unavoidable that Bohnstedt and Hecker should have 
given their proxies to personal acquaintances. 

Hithnerbein will appear there in person on behalf of himself 
and two others here. 

The list is not yet closed. Although I have called on Laverriére 
and Blank x times, I haven’t found them at home. Zulauff has 
taken over the former. 

Two others, with whom I made no headway, will be worked 
upon by Hecker. 

Today Zulauff is going to Ronsdorf, where he has good 
prospects. 

The two kinds of people who prove the most difficult are, 
firstly, the young républicains en gants jaunes who fear for their 
fortunes and smell communism in the air and, secondly, the local 
panjandrums, who regard us as rivals. 

* republicans in kid gloves (a nickname of the moderate bourgeois republicans in 

France, followers of Armand Marrast) 

Neither Nohl nor Bracht were to be persuaded. Of the jurists, 
Bohnstedt is the only one with whom anything can be done. All in 
all we’ve made fruitless moves enough. 

Tomorrow I am going to Engelskirchen for 2 days. Let me 
know at once the results of the shareholders’ meeting. 

A beginning has also been made with a community of the 
League.? ° 

Your 
Engels