1883

This page presents the letters of José Rizal, carefully arranged in chronological order. Each entry follows the sequence of dates to provide a clear view of his thoughts, experiences, and correspondences as they unfolded through time.

Rizal’s favorite chestnut horse is the swiftest among the horses at Calamba.

01-077                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.05.14                                                                                                                   Calamba...

Bulacan handkerchiefs — Beaded step-ins — Guava jelly.

01-075                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.03.14                                                                                                                   Calamba...

Sinking of the Lipa — Eagerness for home news — Horseback riding at Barcelona — Remembering the Calamba singers — His progress in learning languages — A sample of his Tagalog — Scandals at the Madrid court — Inquiring the reaction about a Filipino who married a Spanish woman — Dinner at the house of the Paterno Brothers

01-074                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.02.13                                                                                                                   Madrid...

Reacts to Rizal sharing his letters to others in Spain – News from the Tornasina House – Leonor is suffering – Comments on Manila lads and lasses – Filipinos in Spain excel in literature, according to Rizal – Hoping to attain a position in the Administrative Centers of Finance.

04-073                                                                                                                         [Misc.] 1883.02.08                                                                                                                     Manila...

Improvement of the land at Pansol — Do not dispel the priests — Fine arts instead of law, says the curate.

01-072                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883[?]                                                                                                                Calamba,...

European Politics — Nunez de Arce, minister of colonies — General Jovellas to the Philippines — Proposed legal forms — Pleasant weather

01-071                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.01.29                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Water treatment for infant’s not always advisable — Grateful for gifts — Asks for the names of acquaintances and friends who have died of the plague and beriberi — Comments on sisters’ activities now that he is absent — Italian is sweet — Reasons for declining Christmas gift.

01-070                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.01.29                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Fine weather — Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo to paint a portrait of Rizal — Death of the Circulo — Balloon Tragedy — Declines a Christmas present — Wishes for the family to grow even larger — Studying Italian — To perfect his French in Paris, English at London, German in Germany — Ignorance about the Philippines in Spain

01-069                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.01.29                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Professor Morayta invites Rizal to send him some of his literary works, either in prose or poetry, to be read in a programme in honor of Giordano Bruno and the freedom of thought

03-067                                                                                                                         [Reformists] 1883.01.23                                                                                                      9 Hermosilla,...