Marx to Chief Burgomaster Görtz in Trier. October 17, 1845

I most respectfully request you kindly to obtain for me from the esteemed royal government administration in Trier a certificate for emigration to the United States of North America. My discharge papers from royal Prussian military service253 are to be found in the office of the Chief Burgomaster in Trier or of the royal government administration there.

Your Excellency's most obedient servant,

Dr. Karl Marx

First published in the pamphlet: H. Schiel, Die Umwelt des jungen Karl Marx, Trier, 1954

Printed according to the manuscript

Published in English for the first