4 Mar 98 13:35:35 -600 4 Mar 98 13:35:20 -600 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 98 13:37:23 From: "Manjur Karim" Reply-To: To: psn-seminars@csf.colorado.edu Subject: The date of the publication of the Manifesto I have a question to Rob Beamish about the exact date of the publication of the Manifesto. In a footnote of your article, Rob mentioned "..he (Marx) have delivered the manuscript to London by early to mid-February. The minutes of the London "Workingmen's Educational Society" indicate February 29, 1848 approval of the transfer of funds covering the costs of the Manifesto's publication. Working backwards from that date, the pamphlet was printed the preceding week (February 22-29) or as early as February 14-21." Last year, I heard on the Public radio that February 26 was the date of the publication. Accordingly, I posted a message on PSN. This year, I posted a similar message on PSN and the CM-150-l list. There were a few questions on the CM-150 list about the date. At least one person suggested an alternative date. So, I contacted the Public radio International people. They said their information about 26th February being the date for the publication of the Manifesto came from *Books of Days for the Literary Year*, edited by Neal T. Jones. The publisher is Thames and Hudson, a London based publisher. The edition they use was published in 1978. I don't know, how academically valid the source is. I would like to hear Rob's comment on this issue. Manjur Karim