Dapitan Dapitan, 21 November 1895 MRS. MARÍA RIZAL MY DEAR SISTER: I have received your letter including the bottle of Cologne and a sack of flour. I thank you for them. Concerning your toothache, maybe you have been given a medicine containing mercury. You can tell...

Dapitan He does not want his mother to appeal to the governor general for his freedom — He has written him again — He has applied for enlistment in the army as physician — Sends his parents some money — Lists of his orders — His brother buys land — The new...

Dapitan Blumentritt masters the Spanish language – What elegance in his expression! – Rizal is forgetting little by little the German he has learned – Oh, those rustic excursions in Germany! – Wander through the forests, gather strawberries, drink Rhine wine, eat...

Dapitan Dapitan, 16 November 1895 [MR. BENITO FRANCIA] MOST ILLUSTRIOUS SIR, Through the worthy official physician of this capital I have learned of your desire that I write something about the practices of the quacks. Though the undertaking has always seemed to me,...

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...

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...

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 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...