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Title: Engels to James Leigh Joynes, [London,] 30 July 1884 (draft)
Description: Draft: Engels refuses To-Day a translation of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific and explains that his promise of an article was given to Bax.
Author: Friedrich Engels
Date: 1884-07-30
URL: https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/originales/1884-07-30%20Engels%20to%20James%20Leigh%20Joynes
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*Friedrich Engels to James Leigh Joynes in London, [London,] 30 July 1884; draft. Manuscript preserved at the IISG (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers, inv. K 601), 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/1884-07-30%20Engels%20a%20James%20Leigh%20Joynes)*

30/7/84

Dr Sir

I am sorry I cannot at present give you my consent to a translation of my „*Entwicklung* &c" for *Today*, as I am bound by a previous engagement to another gentleman

As to my promise of an article for *Today*, that promise was given to Mr. Bax & as far as I know Mr. Bax is no longer one of the Eds. of Today

Yours faithf[?]

F. E.