{"id":14202,"date":"2021-12-16T16:07:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/ismeretlen-6\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:26:33","slug":"ismeretlen-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/ismeretlen-6\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e1l Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>London den 28<sup>ten<\/sup> Juny 1822<\/em><a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deinen \u00e4userst Liebensw\u00fcrdigen Brief, Vortrefflicher Freund, habe ich gestern hier gefunden,<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> nachdem ich durch 14 Tage mit Wesselenyi und Sahlander<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> gegen 600 Meilen durchgekratzt, und gegen 3,000 Pferde gesehen habe<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>! \u2013 Mich hatte diese Tour ganz traurig gemacht \u2013 und ich sehe, wie weit \u2014 oder eigentlich, wie unerreichbar, das Ziel ist, welches wir uns in Hinsicht der Pferde ausgesetzt haben \u2014. Ich habe wieder 2 Stuten gekauft \u2013 und f\u00fcr die\u00dfmal basta,<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> denn ich bin ganz ausgelernt, und geldlos \u2013. Du wirst durch meine Pferde nicht wenig disappointirt werden mir gef\u00e4llt keines &#8211; und das was ich haben wollte ist nur f\u00fcr die zu bekommen, die im Lande wohnen \u2013. Gute Pferde sind glatterdings nicht zu kaufen. Fehlerfenze haben wir bis jetzt 20 gesehen, die kein Geld und keine Summe bezahlen w\u00fcrde \u2013 \u201eVon den 4 Hengsten die ich habe, sind 2 f\u00fcr die Zucht \u2013 und auch mittelm\u00e4ssig &#8211; \u00dcberhaupt sind wir ganz betr\u00fcbt \u2013 Unter 1200 bis 1500 Guineas, welches mit procenten 3500 Ducaten macht, &#8211; kann man an keinen vorz\u00fcglichen Hengst nicht denken \u2014\u2014 Geduld! Stuten habe ich einige Gute \u2014 mit denen wirst du zufrieden seyn \u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Im August sehen wir uns wahrscheinlich.<a href=\"#_edn3\">[c]<\/a> Lebewohl bis dahin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wegen Erhart<a href=\"#_edn4\">[d]<\/a> habe ich Dir geschrieben. <em>Er stehet zu Diensten, das versteht sich<\/em>.<sup>1<\/sup><a href=\"#_edn5\">[e]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schreibe mir noch und erhalte mich in deinem Andenken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Sz\u00e9chenyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi al\u00e1h\u00faz\u00e1sa egyenes vonallal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Jav\u00edtott sz\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Olasz: el\u00e9g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> The letter is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/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<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\">[c]<\/a> He arrived in Vienna on September 10, 1822. SzIN 2. 306.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\">[d]<\/a> J\u00e1nos Erhart (c. 1779 \u2013 ?) was a sergeant in the 5th Hussar Regiment, soldier on leave, groom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref5\">[e]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s letter to Liebenberg of 27 May 1822 mentions that his brother P\u00e1l would employ Erhart, whom Sz\u00e9chenyi no longer wanted to employ. Consequently, the letter, without envelope or address, was most probably written to P\u00e1l Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to P\u00e1l Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, London, 28 June 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":"<p>He was on the road with Wessel\u00e9nyi and Sahl\u00e4nder for two weeks, and they saw about 3.000 horses. This tour left him quite disheartened; the goal they had set for themselves with horses seemed unattainable. He bought two mares, but he didn&#8217;t like them; good horses are not available. They will probably meet in August, he has already written to him about Erhart, it goes without saying that he will enter into his service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3409,3370,3438],"tags":[3425,3544],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3436],"place_of_writing":[2289],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[4586],"place_of_publication":[2292],"class_list":["post-14202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-count-pal-szechenyi","category-csalad-en","category-the-traveller","tag-horses","tag-money","language-german","addressee-pal-szechenyi","place_of_writing-london-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-oszk-kezirattar-levelestar-en","place_of_publication-319-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14202","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=14202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14205,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14202\/revisions\/14205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=14202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}