Letter to Karl Marx, January 26, 1869

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 26 January 1869


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 4, Stuttgart, 1913
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 43


ENGELS TO MARX[1]

IN LONDON

Manchester, 26 January 1869 7 Southgate

Dear Moor,

Today, at 2 o'clock midday, Ernest Jones died of pneumonia. He had been sick since Thursday[2] and given up by the doctors since Friday.

Another of the old gang!

Your

F. E.

  1. This letter is written on a form with the letterhead: 'Memorandum from Ermen & Engels to M'.
  2. 21 January