Calamba She asks Rizal for prescription for the itch — News about town acquaintances and relatives. * * * [Calamba, 14 May 1883] DEAR JOSÉ, We received your letter and we read your news and your good advice. At the same time I'm grateful to you for your efforts for...
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.
14 March 1883
Calamba Calamba, 14 March 1883 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter and we are informed of its content. The reason why we have not answered it earlier is that we are always distracted and when we remember it, the mail boat has left. I'm going to tell...
14 March 1883
Calamba She has stopped going to school — Congratulates Rizal on his ability to speak Italian after two months’ study. * * * [Calamba, 14 March 1883] MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter dated 29 January on the 10th of this month of March and we...
13 February 1883
Madrid Sinking of the Lipa — Eagerness for home news — Horseback riding at Barcelona — Remembering the Calamba singers — His progress in learning languages — A sample of his Tagalog — Scandals at the Madrid court — Inquiring the reaction about a Filipino who married a...
8 February 1883
Manila Reacts to Rizal sharing his letters to others in Spain – News from the Tornasina House - Leonor is suffering - Comments on Manila lads and lasses - Filipinos in Spain excel in literature, according to Rizal – Hoping to attain a position in the Administrative...
29 January 1883
Madrid Fine weather — Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo to paint a portrait of Rizal — Death of the Circulo — Balloon Tragedy — Declines a Christmas present — Wishes for the family to grow even larger — Studying Italian — To perfect his French in Paris, English at London,...
29 January 1883
Madrid Water treatment for infant's not always advisable — Grateful for gifts — Asks for the names of acquaintances and friends who have died of the plague and beriberi — Comments on sisters’ activities now that he is absent — Italian is sweet — Reasons for declining...
29 January 1883
Madrid Madrid, 29 January 1883 MR. MANUEL T. HIDALGO MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW: I have read your letter together with that of my sister and I'm very much pleased that you have written also even if your wife has already written me. The mine of my verbosity and news has...
26 January 1883
Manila Manila, 26 January 1883 Mr. Jose Rizal Esteemed Friend, Before anything else I must request you to excuse me for not having written you immediately after my arrival at this city, but if you knew how busy I was after my arrival, I believe you would excuse such...
23 January 1883
Hermosilla, Madrid 9 Hermosilla, Madrid, 23 January [1883] Mr. Jose Rizal y Alonzo Dear Friend, I went to the house of our friend Paterno to find out where you live and I am writing you at his house. Towards the end of February, our comrades will celebrate with a...