He details his brother-in-law’s debt.
5ten Febr 1825
Gr.[1] Zichy’s[a] Angelegenheiten[2]
1o ist ein Kapital von 2000 fl.[3] C. M.[4] sammt Interessen den 3ten Febr. 1826 zu bezahlen.
2o 2000 fl.3 C. M.4 von mir zu empfangen, gegen einen Schuldschein von Carl Zichy[b] angenommen.
3o Im Verlauf eines Jahres würde eine Summe von 8000 C. M.4 aufgenommen werden.
4o Ein Rente viagōn de 800 fl.3 C. M.4 zu bezahlen Alcantare Mayer
in Wien 1 April.[c] —
[1] Graf
[2] Széchenyi’s underlining with straight line.
[3] florins
[4] Conventionsmünzen
[a] Count Ferdinánd Zichy (1783–1869), general, brother-in-law of Széchenyi.
[b] Most likely Count Károly Zichy (1753–1826), a minister.
[c] It is probably in response to this letter that Count Ferdinánd Zichy’s undated statement came, according to which Zichy owed 56,270 forints, and the interest on this sum amounted to 3,370 forints, since he had to use 1,825 of his annual salary of 3,600 forints to pay off the debt, and he could not live on the 1,675 forints left for the whole year. In a letter dated 29 September, he again asked Széchenyi not to withdraw his support and thanked him for the advances that he had already paid on his behalf. MNL OL P 626-1.–1825.
Recommended reference:
István Széchenyi to Ferdinánd Zichy, Vienna, 5 February 1825. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of István Széchenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zoltán Fónagy. https://szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.