{"id":11309,"date":"2021-10-24T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-8\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:30:09","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Euer Gnaden, Liebster Vater!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es gefreut mich recht sehr, da\u00df ich wieder etwelche Leere minuten habe um meinen Besten Eltern zu versichern, da\u00df mein Bruder Paul und ich uns recht gut befinden; unserr Gesch\u00e4ften die wir haben, erlauben uns fast keine Stunde zu ruhen, die\u00df ist war.<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Denohngeachtet<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> sind sie uns angenehm, und wir betreiben sie mit ernst. Wir erwarten den Feund<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> t\u00e4glich, sie r\u00fccken mit ziemlicher macht, und mit gro\u00dfen Schritten an, doch keine Furcht hersehet zwischen uns nicht.<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> Wegen meinen Pferden, die ich noch kaufen wolte, bin ich in gro\u00dfer verlegenheit, der Herr Obristwacht. von Settelle<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> hat meine und meines Bruders schon gekaufte Pferde ausgezahlt, und bleiben ihm nichts mehr laut seiner Rechnung, als 450 fl<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> die mir zum Kauf des Pferdes f\u00fcr mich, und deren Zweyen meiner Burschen nicht hinl\u00e4nglich sind, ich brauchte noch, wie ich es schon in den vorigen Brief geschrieben<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a>  auser denen 450 fl<sup>4<\/sup> noch 1550 fl<sup>4<\/sup> und so w\u00e4re ich fertig. Wir sind nicht sicher wenn wir fortmarschiren werden, und darum bitte ich nur eine kleine Anweisung an den Herrn ObristLieutenant Ertel<a href=\"#_edn3\">[c]<\/a> zu schicken der mir alles,<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[6]<\/a> sogar ohne Quittung herzugeben bereit ist. Ich bitte bester Vater verzeihen Euer Gnaden meine Eile, doch mein Gesch\u00e4ft was mir bevorstehet, alle Truppen auszustellen<a href=\"#_edn4\">[d]<\/a> ist sehr Wichtig, und es k\u00f6mmt sehr viel darauf an. Ich bitte auch inniglich um den Segen meines besten Vaters, sowohl als auch meiner besten Mutter. Mein Bruder Paul, auch sehr besch\u00e4ftiget, bittet um das n\u00e4mliche. Mein k\u00fcnftiger Brief wird schon hoffentlich mehr enthalten, den<a href=\"#_ftn6\">[7]<\/a> in par T\u00e4gen wird ohne alle Zweifel etwas vorfallen. Ich k\u00fcsse die H\u00e4nde meiner Eltern Tausendmahl, danke ihnen noch einmahl f\u00fcr alle Wohlthaten, und empfehle mich allen meinen Anverwanten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meines Besten Vaters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">dankbarster Sohn Stephan Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Ober L<a href=\"#_ftn7\">[8]<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raab, den 7<sup>ten<\/sup> Jun\u04f1 1809<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Instead of wahr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Demungeachtet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Instead of Feind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> florins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> Missing word: habe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\">[6]<\/a> One word deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\">[7]<\/a> Instead of denn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\">[8]<\/a> Lieutenant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> Austria\u2019s army was divided into four parts. In addition to Archduke Charles\u2019 main army from Bohemia, Archduke Ferdinand was stationed in Poland, John in Carniola and Baron General Johann Hiller in the area of the Inn with smaller armies. The military operations began on 9 April. Archdukes Ferdinand and J\u00e1nos fought successfully, the former marching into Warsaw, the latter defeating the Italian Viceroy\u2019s army and invading Italy. However, the main army was defeated between 16 and 23 April and retreated. Therefore, Archduke John was forced to retreat. After much adversity, he arrived in K\u00f6rmend on 1 June and joined the noble insurrection army with the aim of defeating the pursuing Italian viceroy\u2019s army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> Major J\u00f3zsef Settele of the General Staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\">[c]<\/a> Baron Ferenc Ertel, Lieutenant Colonel in the General Staff of the noble insurrection was the commander of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi at that time. He designed and built the defensive camp at Gy\u0151r, between the R\u00e1ba, the R\u00e1bca and the Danube rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\">[d]<\/a> I.e. to equip the troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Gy\u0151r, 7 June 1809. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He and P\u00e1l are doing well, although they are very busy. Every day they wait for the enemy, who are rapidly approaching in great force. Major Settele has paid for the horses bought by the two brothers, and he has only 450 forints left, although he would need a total of 2,000 forints to buy the horses that he and his men still need. His next letter will be more substantial, because something is bound to happen in a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3370,3402],"tags":[3426],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3423],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3414],"place_of_publication":[3468],"class_list":["post-11309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-gyor-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-39-en","place_of_publication-zichy-9-10-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11324,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309\/revisions\/11324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}