Leitmeritz 26 March 1889 Dr. José Rizal 23 Passage Saulnier, Paris Dearest, Pardon me for answering only now your dear letter of the 19th and with such few lines. I have worked very diligently on my Memoir of which I have already finished the following chapters: 1....
1888
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.
28 December 1888
London 28 December 1888 Jose Rizal My dear Friend Naning, Enclosed are the manuscripts. See to it that the La vision de Fr. Rodriguez[1] is published. Use the money from the sale of my remaining books there. Print some 3 or 4000 copies and see to it that it is done as...
31 December 1888
London 31 December 1888 Jose Rizal Friend Compatriots: Without wishing to parody the sublime words of Christ, I shall say to you nevertheless why I think and feel thus, that wherever two Filipinos meet in the name of the native land and for her welfare, there also I...
10 December 1888
Leitmeritz 10 December 1888 Dr. José Rizal 37 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, London, N.W. My dear Friend, I have just received your letter and Volume X [?] which you sent me. However, I cannot answer you in detail until after tomorrow or later, because I am engaged...
25 December 1888
London Data on Ituy in the Annotations to Morga — Two busts modeled by Rizal: Caesar Augustus for Blumentritt and Julius Caesar for Dr. Czepelack — Ponce, Canon, and López Jaena, and Rizal chat about Blumenritt — Personification of kindliness — Christmas eve — Evokes...
7 December 1888
London 7 December 1888 Jose Rizal [Mr. Mariano Ponce] My dear Friend Naning, Enclosed I am sending you that letter for Laktaw for not knowing how I should sent it to him. If I put on the envelope Pedro Serrano, the trick will be discovered; if I put L’Aktaw, it will...
3 December 1888
London 3 December 1888 Jose Rizal My dear Friend, You may wonder why I have put off for some time answering your affectionate letter, previous to this one that I have just received. But the week before last, I have been very sick and in a devilish humor. I thank you...
6 December 1888
London London, 6 December 1888 My dear Friend, Enclosed I am sending you the interesting articles on ancient conditions in the Philippines. I share your opinion. Don’t worry; I have not talked with any one about the matter. I received the beautiful landscape of Dr....
22 November 1888
London “The Spaniards did us much good.” — But we gave them the most valuable things they demanded: “blood, lands, lives”, says Rizal — The tyrannical rule of the Encomenderos — The country would have been absorbed by Islam — Manuel Hidalgo was deported for being...
23 November 1888
Paris 23 November 1888 Valentin Ventura Dear Friend, I shall seldom write you inasmuch as when I write you my letters cost me very much, for with this as well with the previous one are enclosed English bank notes with five hundred francs each. I still owe you two...