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.

February 1888

Hong Kong My dear sister Choleng: You asked me for some advice, you believing perhaps that I can give you plenty and good ones. Young and without much experience I can give you but very few: 1. Do not do anything which you cannot recite or confide to our elders. 2....

16 February 1888

Hong Kong Hong-Kong, February 16, 1888 Miss Trinidad Rizal My dear sister Trining: From this island of Asia I am writing you in order to give you some advice, for we all need advice, beginning from the Archbishop and ending with F. Baldomero Real. I do not speak about...

10 February 1888

Hong Kong Hongkong, February 10, 1888 Victoria School My dear Parents and Brothers: When you receive this letter you can still answer me, with the assurance that your letter will still reach me here, because I am thinking of sailing on the Oceanic or on the Gaelic....

15 February 1888

Manila An anonymous letter, well-known, and signed "A Friar" calls Rizal ungrateful — It expresses the attitude of the friars toward the educated Filipinos — Friars doing everything humanly possible bring Filipinos out of darkness — The Government at fault for the...

9 February 1888

Hong Kong Hong Kong, 9 February 1888 Sir, I am here with Mr. Yriarte. I am going to London by way of Japan and the United States. Soon I shall visit with you. Regards to your brothers and to you. Goodbye, sir maginoo. (Signed) RIZAL 05-281 [100 Letters]