{"id":14182,"date":"2021-12-16T15:44:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/wesselenyi-miklos-4\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:26:12","slug":"wesselenyi-miklos-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/friendships\/wesselenyi-miklos-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikl\u00f3s Wessel\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

London, den 3ten<\/sup> Mai<\/em>[1]<\/a>[a]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vortrefflichster Freund, ich werde ganz gewi\u00df zum Wettrennen nach Newmarket[b]<\/a> kommen; indessen also nur ganz kurz das Wesentlichste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Briefe die ich von Liebenberg erhalten habe,[c]<\/a> lauten \u00e4userst melancholisch. Ich werde sie Dir zeigen. Du selbst wirst urtheilen und bestimmen, was ich f\u00fcr Dich thun soll. Du sagst mir, da\u00df ich dir 6000 fl[2]<\/a> noch schuldig bin, und Dir 10 m[3]<\/a> vorzustrecken versprochen habe; da\u00df der Calcul richtig ist, den ich angeschlagen, und ich Dir noch 9 m3<\/sup> vorstrecken sollte. \u2013 Auf das kann ich nichts anders antworten, als, da\u00df ich keinem Menschen lieber in der Welt Geld leihen m\u00f6chte als Dir, da\u00df ich aber durchaus auser Stand bin, \u00fcber 10 m3<\/sup> Dir einen Heller zu geben. Unter uns brauchts Keiner \u00fcbertriebenen Delicatesse, deshalb[4]<\/a> werde ich alles Dir vorbreiten damit Du selbst bestimmen m\u00f6gest, was geschehen soll \u2014. Es gehet so weit, da\u00df ich ganz \u00e4ngstig bin, und unsern Aufenthalt in England, aus besagten Ursachen, verk\u00fcrzen will \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mein Plan ist, die Stadt sobald zu verlassen, als die Epsom Races[d]<\/a> vor\u00fcber sind. Wir wollen dann zusammen mit Sahl\u00e4nder[e]<\/a> und meinem Bedienten im Land auf StageCoaches herum fahren; theils um das Land zu kennen, als auch um Pferde zu kaufen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welche arrangements Du mit Deinem Gelde machen wirst, wei\u00df ich nicht. So viel ist gewi\u00df, da\u00df ich nicht \u00fcber 2 Stuten zur Zucht kaufen werde k\u00f6nnen. Nach meiner Einsicht solltest Du auf Stuten ganz renonciren, und Dich durchaus auf homebred verlegen. Es ist trocken und unangenehm was ich Dir sage ~ Wie ist\u2019s aber zu erreichen? Sind Dir die Stuten Lieber als Dich in England so lange aufhalten, so kaufe sie auf der Stelle und reise damit ab. Mir bleiben f\u00fcr\u2019s ganze Jahr 81,000 W. W.[5]<\/a> Von den habe ich 13,000 schon ausgegeben. Berechne ob ich Dir 9 m3<\/sup> mehr borgen kann<\/em>,[6]<\/a> denn von Willen ist gar keine Rede. \u2014 Ich m\u00fc\u00dfte nur selbst auf Pferde Verzicht leisten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adieu, nach dem Wettrennen in Newmarket solltest Du nach London kommen und dort bleiben, bis wir sammt und sonders weggehen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sz\u00e9chenyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with wavy line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> florins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> mille<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> One comma deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> Wiener W\u00e4hrung<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with two lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> The letter was written based on its content in 1822. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> Newmarket, the venue of English horse racing, with seven races a year since the early 17th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> The letters are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> City south-west of London, notable for horse-racing. The famous Derby races were held here at Whitsun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> Thomas Sahl\u00e4nder (1788\u20131855), Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s stable master. In 1821 he was contracted to Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi as a veterinarian and stable master in Nagycenk. They went to England together several times to buy horses. Later he was employed by Palatine J\u00f3zsef and then by Palatine Istv\u00e1n. He retired when the palatine institution was abolished in 1848.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Mikl\u00f3s Wessel\u00e9nyi, London, 3 May 1822. 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":"

He will definitely go to the Newmarket horse race. He has received sad letters from Liebenberg, which he will show him. According to Wessel\u00e9nyi, he still owes him 6.000 forints, and he has promised to advance 10.000 forints. To this he can only say that Wessel\u00e9nyi is the only person to whom he would lend that much money, but he is not in a position to do so now. He plans to leave town after the Epsom races to travel the countryside. It is certain that he cannot buy more than two mares, so he thinks it would be a good idea to switch to home breeding. He asks Liebenberg to come to London after the Newmarket race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3450,3449],"tags":[3459,3544],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3455],"place_of_writing":[2289],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[4704],"place_of_publication":[4740],"class_list":["post-14182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baron-miklos-wesselenyi","category-friendships","tag-horse-racing","tag-money","language-german","addressee-miklos-wesselenyi","place_of_writing-london-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-mikrofilmtar-8768-doboz-en","place_of_publication-akademiai-ertesito-1906-87-88-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182","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=14182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14185,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182\/revisions\/14185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=14182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}