| My dear Doctor Zur Namensschreibung siehe Th.
Allsop an Marx,
20.9.1871.
Schließen Marks,
I will hope to bring you some more aid, though not so much as I wish.
I will hope to see you on Tuesday—can you contrive to dine with me on that day at the German House in the Strand or at 184 Euston Road as something may be struck out in a quiet half hours conversation.
In the meantime, please make out a list of those you would
prefer to aid in sums of 5 =Schilling.
Schließen / & 10/ to the extent
of seven Pounds (7 £) at your leisure, and, as soon as
possible give me “particulars of some of
the
cases most distressed to place before an actively benevolent
citizen”, such is the request of a very old friend of mine
who himself is a contributor.
| In this list must be given particulars and details, even addresses in some cases—this will in no way interfere with those whose delicacy or susceptibility we wish to respect, as the funds from other sources may be diverted to them.
You will do this, my dear friend, will you not, as soon as possible, and forgive me this urgency; the first list will do when I see you; but the list of particulars as to the most distressed I wish at once.
Ever my dear FriendYours fraternally
T. Allsop
Pegwell Bay
Ramsgate
7 September 1871
In the list last named no prominent communist.
Zeugenbeschreibung und Überlieferung
Zeugenbeschreibung
Soweit aus der Fotokopie zu ersehen ist, besteht der Brief aus einem Blatt weißem Papier. Wasserzeichen: „[Joyn]son / [187]0“. Allsop hat beide Seiten vollständig beschrieben. Schreibmaterial: blaue Tinte (letzte Zeile in Bleistift).
Archivvermerk oben auf der ersten Seite mit Bleistift: „2–5“.
Drucke
- D: Erstveröffentlichung: in russischer Übersetzung: Первый Интернационал и Парижская Коммуна 1871–1971. Москва 1972. S. 579/580.
- In der Sprache des Originals wird der Brief hier erstmals veröffentlicht.
Zitiervorschlag
Thomas Allsop an Karl Marx in London. Ramsgate, Donnerstag, 7. September 1871. In: Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe digital, hg. v. der Internationalen Marx-Engels-Stiftung. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. URL: https://megadigital.bbaw.de/M7740057. Abgerufen am 13.08.2026.