Dapitan Pablo Mercado carries out a friar intrigue — Revelations — Letters and other writings of Rizal to embarrass him — Detention of the impostor — Rizal’s helpers: Edjawan and Agapay – Preparing for Christmas – Much joy for the letter of his nephew Alfredo. * * *...
1893
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.
20 December 1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 20 December 1893 MASTER ALFREDO HIDALGO MY DEAR ALFREDO, Your letter pleased me very much and I see that you are very much advanced. I congratulate you on it and on your excellent grade. I believe it is my duty to call your attention to a little...
19 December 1893
Dapitan Blumentritt’s New Year’s post card – Recalls happy memories in Leitmeritz – Quotes a Spanish poem by poet Espronceda – Rizal’s melancholy, fatalism, but also optimism – “From my present misfortune, I will get something good someday.” – Specimen of natural...
20 December 1893
Dapitan Mateo Edjawan, Rizal’s pupil, going to Hong Kong – Delivery of P50 – Asking for rice – Rizal’s subscription to Scientific American – Family is doing well – Rainy weather – Paciano’s steam engine – Rizal has many patients – Prescriptions for those in Hong Kong....
1893
Dapitan Dapitan, P. I., 22 November 1893 MR JOSE MARTOS O’NEALE Manila MY DEAR SIR, Through the Politico-Military Commander of the District I received your letter of the 27 October in which you asked for my authorization in writing to reprint the Sucesos de las Islas...
1893
Dapitan, 20 November 1893 DR. A. B. MEYER MY VERY ESTEEMED DOCTOR, By the mail boat of last month I sent you a box of preserved animals through Dr. Schadenberg at Manila in accordance with your suggestion. The animals I sent you were the following: Three snakes,...
25 October 1893
Dapitan 25 October 1893 MRS. SATURNINA RIZAL MY DEAR SISTER, A great weight has been lifted from us when we received the news of your happy delivery. Nanay [Mother] became very glad, as all of us did. Nanay believes that you will come someday. Here you can trade in...
26 October 1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 26 October 1893 MISS JOSEPHINE RIZAL CALAMBA, LAGUNA DEAREST SISTER, Yours at hand, I am very glad to see that you nearly master the English language. I should be very glad if you all come here; here it is not so warm as there; our house here is small...
1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 24 October 1893 DR. A. B. MEYER MY DEAR FRIEND, Through the kindness of Dr. Schadenberg I have the pleasure to send you a little collection of reptiles, crustaceans, coleopterans, etc. that you will find named on the labels of the jars. I had a larger...
25 October 1893
Dapitan Congratulations on the arrival of an addition to the family — Christmas lanterns — “Nanay and Trining are satisfied with my land.” — “Here there are no civil guards, nor neighbors, nor gossip.” — ₱10 for a Christmas lottery ticket – Requests special pincers. *...