Both Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx were back in England, but after reorganizing the Communist League, it became apparent that funds had run out and Karl Marxhad much work to accomplish with Das Kapital. Engels decided to return to the business in Manchester where he accepted a similar position as he had had in his adolescence. He moved up the ranks quickly however, becoming a partner in 1864. Throughout his stay working in Manchester, Engels sent Karl Marx money to continue his writing (at first only five pound notes) and the two kept up their correspondence. Engels assisted in a few of Marx’s articles during this time as well for Karl Marx found Engels to be the strongest in matters of business, economics, military matters and international questions. The articles Karl Marxpublished that bore Engels' work were to be published in 1896 under Engels' name as Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany in 1848. In 1869, Engels sold his partnership and the next year moved to London where he and Karl Marxwere able to work together until Karl Marx's death in 1883.
After Karl Marx's death, Engels served as the first Marxist, working to keep the faith alive, so to speak, corresponding with German Social Democrats and other followers. Engels also took upon himself the completion of the second and third volumes of Das Kapital based on Karl Marx's extensive notes. He also published his own works, most notably The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) and Ludwig Feuerbach and the Outcome of Classical German Philosophy (1888). Engels died of throat cancer in 1895.