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...
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.
February 1895
Dresden Dresden, 5 February 1895 MY RESPECTABLE DOCTOR, It is almost two months now that I have received your last (second) remittance of insects without having informed you in detail about the matter. In the first place I ought to inform you about the condition of...
7 March 1895
Prague 7 March 1895 MR. JOSE RIZAL MY VERY DISTINGUISHED SIR, Your very pleasing letter dated Dapitan, 14 January 1895 has arrived in which you acknowledge the receipt of the little net, the photographs, and the sample butterflies except my book Rhopalocera der Insel...
15 January 1895
Dapitan Mrs. Teodora Alonso returns to Manila – Rizal losing hope of getting out of his exile – Ma-yi is more interesting to Rizal because he lives in Ka-ma-yen – He does not approve the geographical names – If Mr. Hirth had given the Chinese characters in which the...
February 1895
Dapitan Her dentures are fixed – Received delivery of sugar, tea, watch, shoes, etc. – Rizal’s melancholy with the absence of his mother – Caught a lizard and a bird which used to bother them – Status of the growing fruits – Rizal’s pupils – His patients – Treating...
15 January 1895
Dapitan Dapitan, 15 January 1895 DR. A. B. MEYER MY DEAR DOCTOR AND FRIEND, In the box that I am sending you, you will find a small collection of animals of various kinds that I have been able to collect. In one bottle there is a large green snake which is believed to...