Notification Sent by the Commissioner of Police Stating That Marx's Petition Was Rejected

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 16 August 1849


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, Second Russian Edition, Vol. 43, Moscow 1976
Printed according to the manuscript
Translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 9

Monsieur Marx, Prussian refugee, rue de Lille

Quartier du Faubourg St. Germain

Paris, August 16, 1849 Sir,

In fulfilment of the orders of the Prefect of Police[1] I have the honour to inform you that the Minister of the Interior[2] has not thought it possible to acdede to the petition you have addressed to him requesting him to revoke his decision. Consequently, I require you to leave Paris without delay in order to proceed to the department of Morbihan, where you must reside.

I have the honour to greet you,

Commissioner of Police of the Quartier du Faubourg Saint-Germain

Dourlens

  1. Carlier.— Ed.
  2. Dufaure.— Ed.