Madrid 11 August 1885 MR. MARIANO RINCON MY DEAR AND MOST DISTINGUISHED SIR, Yesterday, upon my arrival at this capital city from an excursion to the neighboring towns, I received your esteemed letter of the 28th July which I am now going to answer in my name and in...
1885
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.
26 August 1885
Albay Albay, 26 August 1885 DEAR JOSÉ, Your letter of 28 June last with letters to Mr. Barrantes and Father Faura enclosed is in my possession. On the 15th of this month I sent them to their respective destinations, that for Mr. Barrantes being registered, so that it...
30 July 1885
Madrid He would like to serve physician in Spanish towns infested with cholera or travel in France, Switzerland, or Holland — Awaiting parental consent. * * * 30 July 1885 MY DEAR PARENTS, I have not received any letter from you or from anybody of the family and in...
30 July 1885
Calamba Rizal complains of the irregularity of the remittance of his allowance — He will go to Germany or England to study ophthalmology — Something on the management of the Kalamba Estate — There are crises and hunger but the splendor of the religious processions is...
12 June 1885
Calamba Calamba, 16 July 1885 DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW, You are very resentful because I or we have not written you for a long time and you have reason to complain, inasmuch as we are a closely knit family and for our inner satisfaction we ought to be fully informed by our...
16 July 1885
Calamba DEAR JOSÉ, Don't resent your failure to receive letters from me. I always read your letters to Father and I see that you are well there. Receive ₱100 for your doctorate that your brother-in-law Maneng and I are sending you. I have two children now, the...
12 June 1885
Albay She asks Rizal to work for her husband's transfer to Calamba to be near her parents. * * * Albay, 12 June 1885 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, Though you don't write me, I write you. I know you feel hurt, because I don't write you and don't remember you. Don't...
25 April 1885
Albay Albay, 25 April 1885 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL ESTEEMED JOSÉ, I inform you that on 23 March we left Calamba for Manila and on the 25th we left Manila for this capital of Albay, my new post. Olimpia and the younger boy, Cesareo, came with me and we arrived here safely. We...
9 January 1885
Manila Rivalry over Rizal continues — President of the Section of Literature and Languages at Universidad Central de Madrid — News about girls — Rizal's graduation — Gracio Gonzaga admires Rizal's homage to Luna and Hidalgo published in Los Dos Mundos — Regrets that...
18 April 1885
Binondo 91 Malinta, Binondo, 18 April 1885 MR. JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO MY DISTINGUISHED NAMESAKE, OLD COMRADE, AND ESTEEMED FRIEND, I received your cheery letter of 26 February last on the 5th instant by the ship that brought our governor general Mr. Terrero. In it you...