Calamba Calamba, 14 December 1882 BELOVED BROTHER, We received your dearest letter dated 29 September. I'm grateful to you for your good wishes and I'm sure that your prayers helped me in having a safe delivery. My labor began at eight o'clock at night lasting until...
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 December 1882
Calamba MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW: Your sister has taken charge of giving you all the news that I can tell you. Consequently I'm excused. Please write me when the reforms of the civil, criminal, administrative, and commercial codes and their corresponding laws or...
27 November 1882
Madrid Madrid, 27 November 1882 MR. MANUEL T. HIDALGO MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW: I received your letter on the 19th instant. I rejoice at the happy news it brought, regretting that I cannot in any way share the common joy. As to news about myself, I have few to give you,...
25 November 1882
Barcelona He has received a copy of the review published by the Circulo Hispano-Filipino of Madrid – Wishes to join the association * * * Barcelona, 25 November 1882 Mr. Jose Rizal Dear Friend and good Countryman, Without any letter of yours to answer I write you this...
13 November 1882
Calamba, Laguna Calamba, 13 November 1882 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL ESTEEMED BROTHER-IN-LAW, This is my second letter to you. The first news that I'll tell you is that you have a handsome nephew and if possible, find him a place there, so that even if he does not overtake you...
13 November 1882
Calamba Calamba, 13 November 1882 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR JOSÉ, On the day you left this town, I heard you said that you would be late. When I got up, I saw only the back of the vehicle. So when uncle Antonio's letter came, saying that you embarked on the steamship...
13 November 1882
Calamba, Laguna Calamba, 13 November 1882 DEAR BROTHER, We are writing you only now because we have no news to tell you and whatever we want to say is already in Sr. Paciano's letter. Concerning the typhoon that passed through here, it did not cause any damage, except...
12 November 1882
Calamba, Laguna 12 November 1882 DEAR BROTHER, I received your letter in which you tell me that the allowance you get is not enough for you. From the beginning I realized that with that sum you would be in rather straitened circumstances. I made it so only because our...
4 November 1882
Barcelona Offers to send Rizal Baltazar’s Florante at Laura[1] — Gregorio Sanciangco calls on him – Once again advises the use of the “Cabangis remedy” for the health concerns of a friend named Perio — Inquires about the professor of obstetrics at the Colegio da San...
5 October 1882
Bulacan Bulacan, 5 October 1882 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW, I received your letter dated 17 August on the first of this month and I am informed of its content. I should be grateful if I'm recommended to Mr. Costa, but I'm sure that with God's mercy I shall...