He is leaving for Vienna, but he does not know how long he will stay. Dauvergne has collected 5.000 forints from Thibolt. He approves of his trip to Zákány. They’ll meet in Vienna or Cenk.
Zinkendorf 26ten 7ber 1822
So eben gehe ich nach Wien. 5000 hat Dauvergne[a] gegen Quittung bey Thibolt[b] erhoben. Ich billige ganz Ihre Reise nach Zákány. Wie lang mein Bleiben in Wien,[c] weiß ich nicht — Es ist möglich, daß ich in einigen Tagen wiederkehre — Auf jedem Fall sehen wir uns in Wien oder Zinkendorf – Adieu
Széchenyi
[a] Dauvergne, who had been a cook for Princess Kaunitz, was hired by Széchenyi as a house supervisor.
[b] Ferenc Tibolth (1763–1833) was Ferenc Széchényi’s livestock manager and comptroller at the Cenk estate centre.
[c] On 30 September he went to Eisgrub, the estate of János Liechtenstein. On 3 October he was back in Vienna, and on 7 October he was in Nagycenk. SzIN 2. 307–308.
Recommended reference:
István Széchenyi to János Liebenberg, Cenk, 26 September 1822. 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.