{"id":14257,"date":"2021-12-21T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/wesselenyi-miklos-5\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:26:43","slug":"wesselenyi-miklos-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/friendships\/wesselenyi-miklos-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikl\u00f3s Wessel\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Magendorf<\/em>[a]<\/u><\/a> den 27ten<\/sup> Novemb. 1822<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So wie ich Dir versprochen habe, antwortete ich Dir, von der Stelle, wo ich deinen Brief erhielt.[b]<\/a> Das kleine Bild Rubens und Cannonballs \u2013 obschon ich dachte, da\u00df Marschall sie mir als R\u00e9a ad\u00e1s<\/em>[2]<\/a> sendete \u2013 will ich Dir gerne bey n\u00e4chster Gelegenheit \u00fcbermachen \u2013.[c]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mit dem Pferdwesen gehet es weder vor noch r\u00fcckw\u00e4rts[d]<\/a> – Ich lebe seit dem 15ten<\/sup> hier, und dieser Gegend. Hunyady der J\u00fcngere[e]<\/a> \u2013 will eine Meute[f]<\/a> einf\u00fchren \u2013. Er ist ganz enthusiast: ich f\u00fcrchte aber, da\u00df es Strohfeuer ist, denn ich denke immer er wird die Tochter des F\u00fcrsten Palffy[g]<\/a> heiraten. ~ Sobald der Kaiser zur\u00fcck seyn wird, will ich meine letzte Tentative[h]<\/a> machen, \u2013 An Nachdruck<\/em>2<\/sup> wird es nicht fehlen. Man wird von der Sache reden<\/em>,2<\/sup> f\u00fcr das stehe ich \u2013 ob dann Nein oder Ja, aus dem Munde des Autocraten klingen wird \u2013 \u201eAm Ende ist es ja doch einerley \u2013 ob wir in unserer Agonie reiten, oder zufu\u00df gehen \u2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wenn es irgend m\u00f6glich ist, so sende ich Dir, oder eigentlich dem Censor[i]<\/a> von Uttica 2 Stuten \u2014. Aber welche? Tr\u00e4chtige? Auf diese Entfernung? Schlechte? \u2014 Ich mu\u00df noch nachdenken \u2013. Schreibe mir hier\u00fcber. Hinzusenden, um nach dem Abf\u00fcllen zur\u00fcckkommen zu lassen; – Kaum practicable<\/em>.1<\/sup> Wie also? Auf l\u00e4ngere Zeit? – Welche Conditionen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ich danke Dir, da\u00df Du die Jugend unseres Landes vorbereitetest \u2014 mich durch Abkaufen<\/em>2<\/sup> einiger meiner Pferde \u2013 so zu sagen \u2013 aus dem Dank zu ziehen. \u2013 Gawdyi<\/sup> werde ich gar nicht verkaufen \u2013: oder um sehr theueres Geld. –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was den Dump Jockey[j]<\/a> anbelangt, so kann ich schwerlich dienen, da ich ihn, dem Baptist Bathianyi[k]<\/a> zugesagt. Sollte er ihn indessen nicht haben wollen, so geh\u00f6rt er dein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Du verlangst auch einige meiner Wettrenn Satteln! Zu was kannst Du die aber brauchen! \u2013 Ich will mit Vergn\u00fcgen \u00fcbrigens Dir einige \u00fcberlassen. Die Jungen der Juno[l]<\/a> stehen zu Diensten, wenn Du mir, einen Sohn oder eine Tochter des Lionl<\/sup> senden wirst \u2013 die ich zum Ketzierer machen werde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Den Militair Dienst werde ich beynahe gewi\u00df verlassen \u2013. Einer der ersten Mischer<\/em>,2<\/sup> der mich \u00fcbrigens immer sehr gut empfangen[3]<\/a>, sagte neulich von mir \u201eMit dem Menschen ist nichts, er hat zu viele Ideen\u201e \u2013 Was soll ich[4]<\/a> meine Zeit denn noch mehr verlieren; wenn es denn einmal abgekartet ist, da\u00df nur Ideenlose K\u00f6pfe \u2014 in diesem prosaischen Lande \u2013 Ihr Fortkommen finden sollen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lebe wohl mein lieber guter Freund. Empfehle mich deiner Mutter auf das freundschaftlichste \u2013 So meinen \u00fcbrigen Bekannten in Siebenb\u00fcrgen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schreibe mir wie Du das Land gefunden[5]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vorsicht![6]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Von Vinzenz Esterh\u00e1zy4<\/sup>[m]<\/a> Dank deines Andenkens und Empfehlung! \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vergebe meiner Eile. \u2013<\/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> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Missing word: hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

[5]<\/a> Missing word: hast.<\/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> Nagymagyar (Pozsony County), the estate of Count Vince Esterh\u00e1zy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> The letter is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> Baron Mikl\u00f3s Wessel\u00e9nyi\u2019s travel diary sheds light on the first lines of the letter: \u201cWe\u2019ve been to Marchand\u2019s about twice. The pictures of Rubens, Bourbon, Selim, Canon-Ball are very true. I have never seen a better master on the subject.\u201d (Research by Gyula Viszota)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacques Marchand (1769\u20131835) was a French-born copper and stone engraver. Sz\u00e9chenyi bought several engravings of horses and other subjects from him and received the two engravings mentioned in the letter as gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> It suggests that no formal response has yet been received to the memorandum submitted at the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> Count J\u00f3zsef Hunyady (1801\u20131869).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[f]<\/a> Hunting with Ag\u00e1r dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[g]<\/a> He did not marry the daughter of Prince J\u00f3zsef P\u00e1lffy, but Princess Henriett Liechtenstein (1806\u20131856) on 1 October 1825.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[h]<\/a> I. e. his attempt to have his petition on the subject of horse breeding in Hungary, submitted earlier this year, settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[i]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi’s horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[j]<\/a> A mute jockey, a wooden puppet mounted to a horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[k]<\/a> Count J\u00e1nos Batthy\u00e1ny Baptist (1784\u20131865) was a lieutenant colonel in the 5th Hussars Regiment, with whom Sz\u00e9chenyi fought against the Neapolitans in 1815. They were also related because Batthy\u00e1ny\u2019s wife, Countess M\u00e1ria Esterh\u00e1zy (1791\u20131830), was Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[l]<\/a> Dog Names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[m]<\/a> Count Vince Esterh\u00e1zy (1781\u20131835), Hussar lieutenant colonel, later general, friend and cousin of Sz\u00e9chenyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Mikl\u00f3s Wessel\u00e9nyi, Magendorf, 27 November 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":"

The small pictures will be sent soon. The horse business is stuck and not moving. He’s been in Nagymagyar since the 15th; J\u00f3zsef Hunyady wants to show him a flock. He finds him very enthusiastic, and thinks he will marry the daughter of Prince P\u00e1lffy. He wants to send him two mares, but does not yet know which ones, how and on what terms. Wessel\u00e9nyi also asks him for racing saddles but he does not know what he will use them for. He will soon leave military service. Why waste his time when only the vacuous can rise in this prosaic country?<\/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":[3425],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3455],"place_of_writing":[4761],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[4704],"place_of_publication":[4762],"class_list":["post-14257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baron-miklos-wesselenyi","category-friendships","tag-horses","language-german","addressee-miklos-wesselenyi","place_of_writing-magendorf-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-mikrofilmtar-8768-doboz-en","place_of_publication-majlath-1-73-74-kardos-2-416-417-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257","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=14257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14260,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions\/14260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=14257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}