San Francisco, California 30 April 1888 Mr. Mariano Ponce My distinguished Countryman and dear Friend, Excuse me if I dare address you with the last title without having had yet the honor of meeting you, but I think that between us, and because of the favors I owe...
Letters
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.
29 April 1888
San Francisco Unable to disembark from the ship due to quarantine – Effect of American opposition to Chinese immigration – Offered by the Spanish charge d'affaires in Tokyo employment at the Legation – Lived at the Legation to prove he is unafraid – Rizal sent family...
7 April 1888
Tokyo Tokyo, April 7, 1888 My dear Parents and Brothers: On the 13th of this month I am leaving for America on the Belgic of the Oriental and Occidental Company. I am thinking of staying in America for some weeks and leave afterwards for London which I should reach by...
26 March 1888
Leitmeritz 26 March 1889 Dr. José Rizal 23 Passage Saulnier, Paris Dearest, Pardon me for answering only now your dear letter of the 19th and with such few lines. I have worked very diligently on my Memoir of which I have already finished the following chapters: 1....
1 March 1888
Tokyo Tokyo, 1 March 1888 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS: Here I am in the capital city of the Japanese Empire, leading again my solitary and vagabond life in Europe. I left Hong Kong on the 22nd of February on the Oceanic and arrived at Yokohama on the 28th after...
16 February 1888
Hong Kong Hong-Kong, February 16, 1888 Miss Trinidad Rizal My dear sister Trining: From this island of Asia I am writing you in order to give you some advice, for we all need advice, beginning from the Archbishop and ending with F. Baldomero Real. I do not speak about...
15 February 1888
Manila An anonymous letter, well-known, and signed "A Friar" calls Rizal ungrateful — It expresses the attitude of the friars toward the educated Filipinos — Friars doing everything humanly possible bring Filipinos out of darkness — The Government at fault for the...
10 February 1888
Hong Kong Hongkong, February 10, 1888 Victoria School My dear Parents and Brothers: When you receive this letter you can still answer me, with the assurance that your letter will still reach me here, because I am thinking of sailing on the Oceanic or on the Gaelic....
9 February 1888
Hong Kong Hong Kong, 9 February 1888 Sir, I am here with Mr. Yriarte. I am going to London by way of Japan and the United States. Soon I shall visit with you. Regards to your brothers and to you. Goodbye, sir maginoo. (Signed) RIZAL 05-281 [100 Letters]
3 February 1888
On February 3, 1888 we departed at 5:00 o'clock p.m., Friday. On leaving Manila, I did not feel that sweet and melancholy sadness of six years ago, upon seeing the towers of the cathedrals and the big convents. I was accompanied by my brothers-in-law and cousins....