London London, June 8, 1888 To PASTOR ULLMER I have received your kind and cherished letter of March 12, which was forwarded to me from the Philippines. I left my country the third of February. I travelled in China, Japan and the United States, and reached here at the...
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.
2 June 1888
London Rizal cannot address Blumentritt familiarly because he is elderly and respectable — The Filipinos are very courteous to their parents — The friars addressed us familiarly, considering us their inferiors — Rizal complimented with a tea party by Dr. Rost — They...
5 June 1888
London 5 June 1888 Mr. Mariano Ponce My dear Friend, From America I wrote you a letter through Mr. Rogers, the only countryman whose address I can remember. Undoubtedly you have not received it, inasmuch as you have not answered me. In that letter I expressed to you...
24 May 1888
City of Rome City of Rome, 24 May 1888 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, I begin writing this letter on board with the intention of finishing it on land when I shall already be installed at London. We left New York on 16 instant on the second largest ship in the world,...
30 May 1888
Paris 30 May 1888 Mr. Jose Rizal My dear friend Rizal, I received your letter from London and I congratulate you sincerely on your arrival at the capital without mishap or vexation, except leaving behind your family; for, when you wrote me that you were going back to...
30 April 1888
San Francisco 30 April 1888 Dear Friend: We are anchored in this port under quarantine. We don’t know how long it will last, although there are no sick passengers aboard and the ship did not come from a filthy port. The reason for this is that we have 643 Chinese...
30 April 1888
San Francisco, California 30 April 1888 Mr. Mariano Ponce My distinguished Countryman and dear Friend, Excuse me if I dare address you with the last title without having had yet the honor of meeting you, but I think that between us, and because of the favors I owe...
29 April 1888
San Francisco Unable to disembark from the ship due to quarantine – Effect of American opposition to Chinese immigration – Offered by the Spanish charge d'affaires in Tokyo employment at the Legation – Lived at the Legation to prove he is unafraid – Rizal sent family...
7 April 1888
Tokyo Tokyo, April 7, 1888 My dear Parents and Brothers: On the 13th of this month I am leaving for America on the Belgic of the Oriental and Occidental Company. I am thinking of staying in America for some weeks and leave afterwards for London which I should reach by...
1 March 1888
Tokyo Tokyo, 1 March 1888 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS: Here I am in the capital city of the Japanese Empire, leading again my solitary and vagabond life in Europe. I left Hong Kong on the 22nd of February on the Oceanic and arrived at Yokohama on the 28th after...