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Title: Engels to Charles Fitzgerald, [London, between 26 and 28 January 1884] (draft)
Description: Draft: Engels subscribes to Justice but cannot promise contributions: all his time belongs to the manuscripts left by Marx.
Author: Friedrich Engels
Date: 1884-01-26
URL: https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/originales/1884-01-26%20Engels%20to%20Charles%20Fitzgerald
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*Friedrich Engels to Charles L. Fitzgerald in London, [London, between 26 and 28 January 1884]; draft. Manuscript preserved at the IISG (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers, inv. K 520), transcribed from the digital facsimile by the Escuela de marxismo, 2026 (double reading and collation with the image). Written in English. Diplomatic transcription: spelling, capitals and punctuation as in the manuscript; deletions as ~~text~~ where legible, otherwise ~~[ilegible]~~; interlinear additions inserted where marked, with a note; [?] after an uncertain reading; [ilegible] for an illegible word. [Traducción al español](https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/1884-01-26%20Engels%20a%20Charles%20Fitzgerald)*

Encld I beg to hand you P.O.O. 10/10 for my year's subscr. to *Justice*.

I am ~~at present~~ so overcharged with work, not only for the immediate future but ~~also~~ for a considerable period of time to come, that ~~unfortunately~~[^a1] (it ~~will be utterly in-~~ would be folly on my part to promise[^a2] ~~any~~ ~~also~~[?][^a3] ~~possible for me to send~~ Contributions to ~~Justice~~ your paper. I have ~~not~~ been disabled from active work for the last six months & only now am[?][^a4] slowly[^a5] regaining the strength necessary to accomplish ~~the~~ my[^a6] most urgent task — ~~the~~ to[^a7] prepare for the press the Ms. left by my late friend Marx. To that ~~& my promise to the literary fear~~[?] to labour[?][^a8] I am bound ~~for the~~ to devote ~~any[?] spare[?] moments~~ all[^a9] of my time. ~~In better days~~, True[?][^a10] I did promise~~d~~ an article to „To Day" but that was in better days &[^a11] (I am afraid) they too will have to wait.

[^a1]: «unfortunately» written above the line and struck out.

[^a2]: «would be folly on my part to promise» written above the line.

[^a3]: «also» written above the line and struck out.

[^a4]: «am[?]» written above the line.

[^a5]: «slowly» written above the line.

[^a6]: «my» written above the line.

[^a7]: «to» written above the line.

[^a8]: «to labour[?]» written above the line.

[^a9]: «all» written above the line.

[^a10]: «True[?]» written below the line; place of insertion not marked.

[^a11]: «that was in better days &» written above the line.