Rue de Rennes, Paris 20 July 1883 MY DEAR BROTHER, I received your letter, I have read it, and I thank you for what you tell me for various reasons. I was going to give you in this letter my little descriptions of Paris but as I have no time and I have to answer first...
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.
21 June 1883
Paris Paris, 21 June 1883 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, As I informed you in my previous letter written at Madrid a day before my departure, I’m now at Paris — Hotel de Paris, 37 Rue de Maubeuge — since the morning of the 17th, Sunday. My trip was one of the best and...
26 May 1883
Calamba Sugar crop — Rizal asks permission to go to Paris — A portrait of Rizal at Leonor's house painted by Resurrección Hidalgo — Death of Father Leoncio López, Calamba's parish priest – Departure of the police lieutenant — Town fiesta of Biñan — Incident with the...
14 May 1883
Calamba 14 May 1883 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MADRID DEAR JOSÉ, Though I have not answered your letter for a long time, I hope you will pardon me, I suppose that you understand the amount of work here now. Another reason is that I have no news to tell you except that our life is...
14 May 1883
Calamba She asks Rizal for prescription for the itch — News about town acquaintances and relatives. * * * [Calamba, 14 May 1883] DEAR JOSÉ, We received your letter and we read your news and your good advice. At the same time I'm grateful to you for your efforts for...
14 March 1883
Calamba Calamba, 14 March 1883 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter and we are informed of its content. The reason why we have not answered it earlier is that we are always distracted and when we remember it, the mail boat has left. I'm going to tell...
14 March 1883
Calamba She has stopped going to school — Congratulates Rizal on his ability to speak Italian after two months’ study. * * * [Calamba, 14 March 1883] MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter dated 29 January on the 10th of this month of March and we...
13 February 1883
Madrid 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...
8 February 1883
Manila 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...
29 January 1883
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,...