1895

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.

6 June 1895

Dapitan He will send her a black pearl — If Father would come — The fruit trees are in bloom — Delivery of tobacco — Miss Josephine postpones her trip to Manila — Sends P2 in stamps. * * * Dapitan, 6 June 1895 MISS TRINIDAD RIZAL MY DEAR SISTER TRINING, I received...

1 June 1895

Manila Manila, 1 June 1895 MR. JOSE RIZAL Dapitan MY DEAR SIR, The coming to this capital of the Politico-Military Commander of that district [Mr. Sitges] was the reason why I have not answered before your petition to permit you to till the lands near the gulf of...

9 May 1895

Dapitan Let him know if his father is coming, and when, so he may prepare — He asks everybody to have more confidence in him — He’s in the hands of God — Let us do our duty, what is right, and let God do the rest — “Let us think well of our fellowmen.” — Informs her...

9 May 1895

Dapitan Anacleto del Rosario, Rizal’s classmate, has died – A fervent Catholic, “he discussed nothing; I discussed everything and I doubted.” – He represented my student friendship; Blumentritt, “my present friendship of free inquiry.” – “…it matters little to me if...

8 May 1895

Dapitan Rizal requests his transfer to Spain — In order to restore his broken health — The departure of Sitges contributes to this resolution — Sitges does not consider him anti-Spaniard — The government should not deny him the opportunity to earn his livelihood. * *...

26 April 1895

London Fond memory of Rizal — The old librarian is suffering for his compulsory retirement — Encouraging the hero in his linguistic works — The Rost Collection on Philippine dialects — These are derived from the Tagalog or the Bisaya — The Malagasy language – News of...

10 April 1895

Dapitan He is thinking of colonizing Ponot on the coast – As he will be in the forest, he is asking for his library – In Ponot one can have four or five thousand cattle and 40,000 coconut trees. * * * Dapitan, 10 April 1895 MR. JOSE MA. BASA MY VERY ESTEEMED FRIEND...

10 April 1895

Dapitan Philological explanation of the term Mindanao – Spanish translation of the German schlitten – Adoption of the new Tagalog orthography – Works of immortal fame – Rizal taking care of patients and planting – Studying Malay – Tagalog could not have been derived...

15 March 1895

Dapitan Present of books on carpentry and wheel have been taken as revolutionary books – He will engage in farming – His clientele in Dapitan is poor – They propose to him to escape – But Rizal does not want to be called “a runaway” – Friars sent spies to watch him. *...

14 March 1895

Dapitan Dapitan, 14 March 1895 MR. MARIANO PINILI MY DEAR SIR, I received your letter and I have the pleasure to inform you that I have already sent money to America about two months ago for the machine that you want. As that country is far, I expect that the machine...