59. F. Engels. To the New Yorker Volkszeitung

London, March 16, 1883

Karl Marx's death occurred at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 14th inst, at Argen teuil, France.^[518] For several weeks Marx had been suffering from bronchitis, this being further complicated by an abscess of the lung, and ultimately an internal haemorrhage put an end to his life. His death was an easy and painless one.

Frederick Engels

First published in the Yorker New Volkszeitung, No. 66, March 17, 1883

Printed according to the newspaper

Published in English for the first time

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Endnotes

[518] The words "at Argenteuil, France" were arbitrarily inserted by the editors of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (in actual fact, Marx died in London). This fact, as well as the editors' unauthorised use of Engels' telegram to Sorge of March 14, caused Engels' sharp protest which he expressed in his letter to the editors of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (see this volume, p. 472).