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Title: Engels to Thomas Clarke, [London, not before 15 August 1894]
Description: Draft of Engels's reply vouching for Mr S. M. as a respectable and solvent tenant.
Author: Friedrich Engels
Date: 1894-08-15
URL: https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/originales/1894-08-15%20Engels%20to%20Thomas%20Clarke
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*Draft letter of Friedrich Engels to Thomas Clarke, in London, [London, not before 15 August 1894], written on the back of Clarke's letter; the draft has neither date, salutation nor signature: place and date are given by the editors of the MEW. Manuscript preserved at the IISG (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers, inv. K 323), transcribed from the digital facsimile by the Escuela de marxismo, 2026 (double reading and collation with the image). Diplomatic transcription: spelling, capitals, abbreviations and punctuation as in the manuscript; underlining rendered as italics; deletions as ~~text~~ where legible, otherwise ~~[ilegible]~~; interlinear and marginal additions inserted where marked, with a note; [?] after an uncertain reading. [Traducción al español](https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/1894-08-15%20Engels%20a%20Thomas%20Clarke)*

that from long personal acquaintance I consider Mr S. M. a respectable responsible person that in your place I should not hesitate in acceptg him as a tenant for such a place as you mention