Dapitan Dapitan, 30 December 1892 DEAR FATHER SANCHEZ,[1] Last night Don Antonio told me that you would like to know how bakhaw paste is prepared. I follow that following procedure: With a knife I remove the peel of the fruit until the pulp comes out. I boil the pulp...
1892
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.
March 1892
March 1892 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, I received your last letter of the 27th of last month. We are hurrying the collection of debts and the transaction of some business, which will [be] finished shortly, in order to join you there. During this week, Maria came to...
February 1892
Manila Manila, February 1892 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY DEAR BROTHER: I received your letter of the 23rd instant. I am very glad indeed that our parents and all of you are living happily, which is my constant wish. We will get there. One can live anywhere. Not to know English...
January 1892
? Madrid Ready to defend Filipino rights without abandoning the campaign in Madrid – Spaniards give a political character to the events in Kalamba – Spanish policy is to reign by terror – “We ought to work together for independence” – Win partisans of independence –...
8 December 1892
Manila Manila, 8 December 1892 MR. JOSE RIZAL Dapitan MY MOST BELOVED IN CHRIST DON JOSE: I received your esteemed letter of 11 November in which you state that you have a point of view in religious matters different from mine; that if I am interested in asking you...
11 November 1892
Dapitan Rizal is grateful for a copy of Kempis’ Imitation of Christ, of Fr. Chirino, Fr. Delgado, and Cartasde los Misineros – Brilliant defense of his espousal of the Philippine cause – Noli me Tangere is not inspired by any resentment or by Germans – He is not a...
1 November 1892
Leitmeritz, Austria Hoping his letter was delivered to Rizal – The friars should allow him to console the sorrowful Rizal – He also forgives the insults against him – “…we do know if the condition of a Filipino exile is as deplorable as that of a Russian.” – Loleng, a...
25 October 1892
Dapitan He would like to see his relatives and fellow townsmen exiled to Jolo in Dapitan – They would attract settlers who would cultivate the immense lands of Mindanao – He would engage in farming if he were completely free – His parents would come and he would have...
13 October 1892
Manila Manila, 13 October 1892 MR. JOSE RIZAL MY DEAR PEPE, I received through the Very Reverend Father Superior your esteemed letter of 1st September and I am informed of its content. I am glad you like my insignificant work on the Waters of Luzon; but I must inform...
12 October 1892
Manila From: Fr. Pablo Pastells To: Jose Rizal Father Pastells goes into lengthy philosophic-religious disquisitions – Sends him a booklet, Contemptus Mundi – Reminds him of his Ateneo days at Manila. * * * Manila, 12 October 1892 DR. JOSE RIZAL MY MOST BELOVED IN...