Letter from Friedrich Engels to Frederick Greenwood, editor of The Pall Mall Gazette, [London,] 17 December 1870. Manuscript preserved at the IISG (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers, inv. K 555), transcribed from the digital facsimile by the Escuela de marxismo, 2026 (double reading and collation with the image). Written in English. The sheet kept by Engels has no salutation or signature; at the foot, a note in German in his hand gives the addressee and the date. Diplomatic transcription: spelling, capitals and punctuation as in the manuscript; deletions as text; interlinear additions inserted where marked, with a note. Traducción al español
A friend of mine Mr Oswald sends me the enclosed. He says that the usual tickets have been sent to the P. M. G. & wishes me to say a word in favor of Mrs O's tonight's1 Concerts being noticed in that paper, or at least to induce your musical critic to go & hear her. I have told him that this is entirely out of my line & that I even do not know how to go about such a thing. However he insists, & as he is a very worthy fellow2 I can only say, that if you can consistently do something in that direction you will confer a personal favor upon me. I am too bad a musician to permit myself an opinion but I have heard people who ought to know, speak very highly of Mrs O's performance play.
(an Greenwood 17 Dec. Morg.[?] 6 Uhr.