A note of what Liebenberg needs to obtain and arrange in his absence.
Liebenberg besorgt in meiner Abwesenheit ~~[a]
2 Remisen
600 ~ Bordeaux
bouteillen, zu welchen ich das Muster von Wien schicken werde.
400 Madeira
Dem Ankauf von 120 Rebhühner durch Kalivoda.[b]
4 Jagdhunde
2 Vorstehhunde
2 Dachse.
— Dem Weg von Stall. —
Allée in Akatzienwald. –
Im Frühjahr 4 Landpferde braun – höchsten Rappen und Kutscher. —
Goldmann[c] besorgt einen 8 sitzigen Wagen
Dann werden 600 große Bouteillen mit einem sehr guten Villanyer oder Neszmilner[1][d] gefüllt.
Es wird denen Rebhühnern in Akatzien Wald einige Metzen Frucht in Winter geschüttet.
Szilagyi[e] – 235
Jean[f] ~ 240 und 7 #
Bracciari[g] 9.
[1] Inserted afterwards.
[2] Stephan
[3] Graf
[a] The letter is undated, and based on its content it was probably written before his return from a trip to England, in preparation for a visit in early 1816.
[b] Kalivoda, Széchenyi’s forester of Czech origin.
[c] Member of the Nagycenk stable crew, saddle-maker.
[d] Nesmil, the German name for Neszmély in Komárom County.
[e] Márton Szilágyi, Széchenyi’s groom.
[f] Széchenyi’s other groom.
[g] Person is not known.
Recommended reference:
István Széchenyi to János Liebenberg, London, December 1815. 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.