19 May 1890

Paris

Paris, 19 May 1890

DEAR FRIEND RIZAL,

I have not received a letter from you for a century. What is happening to you? Are you sick? Let me know.

I have sent you two registered letters, one with the bill of lading of your books for Iloilo and another with one hundred francs enclosed. Have you received them?

Also, a registered letter for you, whose sender I do not know, has been received here. The servant has given your address to the postman; I suppose you have received it.

Next Saturday I move to the new house; 4 bis rue de Chateaudum. If you will write me after that date you may send your letters to the new address.

I am mailing at the same time as this, a letter with Hong Kong stamps and two newspapers.

I will not write more because I am in the midst of moving.

Yours,

V. VENTURA

03-527 [Reformists]

[1890?] [?]

From: Jose Rizal

To: Mariano Ponce

Some subscriptions to La Solidaridad – What is happening to Ponce is no cause for worry to an Indio.

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Saturday (no date)

[Mr. Mariano Ponce]

DEAR NANING:

I am sending you the enclosed 166.50 pesetas which are the subscriptions we have collected here. I have not been able to send them to you sooner for lack of money, for I am not very rich.

The subscriptions are the following:

Mr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

Mr. F. Pardo de Tavera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00

Mr. Valentin Ventura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

Mr. Ramon Abarca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00

Mr. Jose Rizal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00

I am sorry for what has happened to you, but it seems to me it is nothing that an Indio should worry about. Keep your composure and peace. Rarely can one get into a fight and come out of it unhurt.[1]

Go to Madrid as soon as possible.

Tell Luna when you write him that were unable to send the subscription sooner for lack of money.

Send me some Barrantes and the Teatro tagalog, and all the Visiones that remain there.

Regards to all.

Yours,

RIZAL

03-528 [Reformists]