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Title: Engels to Sarah Allen, [London, after 6 July 1884] (draft)
Description: Draft: Engels recommends Edward Aveling as a tenant.
Author: Friedrich Engels
Date: 1884-07-06
URL: https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/originales/1884-07-06%20Engels%20to%20Sarah%20Allen
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*Friedrich Engels to Sarah Allen in London, [London, after 6 July 1884]; draft. Manuscript preserved at the IISG (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers, inv. K 30), 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/1884-07-06%20Engels%20a%20Sarah%20Allen)*

Madam

In reply to your note of the 5th, arrived ~~to hand~~[?] yesterday & an answer to which was retarded by my absence from town, I beg to say that I consider Mr E. A. quite a desirable tenant & have no doubt that you will not regret having let your premises to[?] him Yours &c