Karl Marx to Moncure Daniel Conway in London; [London, 29 August 1871]. Written in English. Text after the manuscript (draft), MEGAdigital (MEGA², Section III, letters of 1871, no. 452), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, CC BY-SA 4.0, without the editors’ apparatus. Underlining in italics; deletions omitted; editorial additions in square brackets; […] illegible word(s). Draft, without place or date, written on the sheet of Conway’s letter of 24 August 1871; place and date after MEGAdigital. Traducción al español
Sir,
On my return from Brighton I found your note d.d. Aug. 24. The next meeting of the General Council takes place to-day, but cosquent upon a resolution passed on Tuesday, there will during the continuence of the courts martial in France no visitors be any longer admisible . This strict measure had been rendered necessary by intrusion of French police agents.
I have the honor to inclose a subscription list for the French refugees. Their number, (they are now 80–90) increasing daily while our funds are quite exhausted. Their condition is truly deplorable. The best thing would be, if possible, to form a separate committee charged to find employment for those men whose great majority consists of skilled workmen and artists.
I have the honour Sir,
To be
Yours sincerely
Karl Marx