12 June 1883

Engels Gives Part of the Communist Manifesto

In a letter dated London, 12 and 13 June 1883, Friedrich Engels encloses a present for Eduard Bernstein. It is a handwritten page of the Communist Manifesto from 1848. "Enclosed is a part of the original draft of the concluding chapter from the Communist Manifesto that you may have as a souvenir. The first two lines were dictated and written by Mrs. Marx." This only remaining page of the Communist Manifesto is part of the Marx-Engels papers at the IISH.

See also:

•  Communist Manifesto
•  Marx/Engels archive

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