Dapitan Dapitan, 25 October 1895 MRS. MARÍA RIZAL MY DEAR SISTER: I have received your letter and noted its contents. No fish hooks have arrived and I have not received the passion flower. Please tell Sr. Pedro that if he does not need very much my medical assistance,...

Dapitan Items arrive and items that did not – Finally had to buy something from the Chinese – Payments for her – Having lost partners, he no longer engages in business – Sends her dried fruit – So much lanzones – His pupils’ examinations – Josephine Bracken continues...

Dapitan My very dear Mother: I could not include the bolt of cloth as it had no more place in the basket; it is to remain here. I would be pleased if you could visit D. Juan Sitges and his wife, for besides the fact that they know you, they are persons whom we have...

Capiz Capiz, 20 October 1895 MR. JOSE RIZAL Iligan, Dapitan MY DEAR FRIEND AND COMRADE, You will be surprised that I write you only to cause you some trouble, but as I do not doubt your kindness, I dare to introduce to you the bearer, a resident of this locality and a...

Dapitan Rizal sends his mother his poem Mi Retiro — Also Himno a Talisay written for his pupils — His pupils just finished their exams — He vows not to buy anything from the local Chinese stores — Sends honey and fruits to his mother — Mr. Rafael Morales, a new...

Dapitan His nephew, Moris, and father both recover from illness — Good that Maria has a store — His sister Maria's debtors have not paid — Tell Moris to study hard so he can write Rizal letters — Orders fishhooks — Will send friends walking sticks as souvenirs. * * *...

Dapitan He encourages his mother to buy a lot in Meisik, Manila — He asks for family data for a genealogy. * * * Dapitan, 25 September 1895 MY VERY BELOVED MOTHER, The purpose of these few lines is to tell you that I am in good health as always. I have learned through...

Dapitan Comments on the items he ordered through her — A list of new orders — He buys nothing from the Chinese — Sent a number of his boys away — They made a kiosk with a view of the whole town — Found a big durian tree — Built a jumping board above the pond — No news...

Dapitan Location of the white pearl — Praises Josephine Bracken (Miss B.) — “It is not good for you to live apart from our parents and you must try to have patience…” — Essential qualities of a young woman — a proposed arrangement with the friars (panot) to their...

Dapitan Treatment for his nephew, Moris — Instructions regarding an old blind man — “What you should send me is not Compendio de Geografia but Philippine Geography” — Trouble with a Spanish patient — If his parents join him at Dapitan, be would remain there to engage...