[18 December 1851]

Dear Mrs Marx,

I have received both your letters’ and hasten to write and tell
you that it goes without saying that each of us will send off his
article separately, as there is otherwise every prospect of none of

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562 and 563.

them catching the steamer.” In London the letters should be at
the post office by 5 or 6 o’clock on Friday evening. I shall see what
I can do—for some time now the fatherland has bored me so
dreadfully that I know nothing about anything. Anyway I shall
send off something. The English Manifestotogether with such
New York Schnellposts as are still available here, I shall be
bringing with me. Tell Marx to be sure not to forget to write to
Weydemeyer, asking him to obtain the relevant numbers of the
Tribune immediately from Dana and send them on to me here so
that 1 may proceed.”

When I shall be able to leave—maybe not until Saturday
morning—lI don’t yet know exactly.>But I think I shall arrive at
the latest at 6 o’clock on Saturday evening, perhaps as early as 11
in the morning. Until then, my warm regards to you and all your
family from your

F. Engels

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