Bulacan Bulacan, 5 October 1882 MR. JOSÉ RlZAL MY DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter and we are informed of its content. I'm here because Silvestre is the officer-in-charge here. Since I came here on the 4th of July until now I have not been home. Nanay (Mama) and...
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.
5 October 1882
Madrid Madrid, 10 October [1882] MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, Although I haven't received letters from you to answer nor do I have many news to tell you, nevertheless I write you to give you news about myself and to have the pleasure of communicating with you even...
3 October 1882
Barcelona Barcelona, 3 October 1882 FRIEND PEPE, Enclosed is a letter from the Philippines that I received from the postman this morning. I wish that you are in good health and at the same time I hope that the news it brings you are satisfactory. The letters I...
27 September 1882
Salazar, Trozo, Manila 27 September 1882 Mr. José Rizal Dear Friend, By the past mail I sent you a registered letter to Barcelona, because I did not know that you have gone to Madrid. In case you have not received it, I’ll reproduce here its contents. In it I informed...
26 September 1882
Calamba, Laguna 26 September 1882 DEAREST BROTHER, I have read that you want to hear the Tagalog language, or our language, in order that you may not forget your origin and we your siblings. Papa always says, whenever we talk about you, that perhaps you will stay...
26 September 1882
Calamba, Laguna MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW AND DISTINGUISHED FRIEND, To save you pain I will not describe to you what we, our parents, your brothers, and brothers-in-law felt on account of your sudden departure. I’ll only tell you that, in view of certain counsels, they...
24 September 1882
Calamba, Laguna 24 September 1882 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW, I begin this letter with news of a notable event in the family. Your sister gave birth to baby boy at 11:45 this morning at the house of our parents, after having gone through the pains of...
16 September 1882
Manila Misuse of funds assigned for the control of the cholera epidemic – Closing of schools on account of the cholera – News of friends – Centenary of St. Theresa celebrated – Reiterates his advice to Rizal to study law – Italian opera company at Manila –...
15 September 1882
Calamba Calamba, 15 September 1882 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL Your letter dated 31 July at Barcelona is the latest one that we received here on 12 September; it takes the mail from there to here from 40 to 45 days then. How many things can happen during that time! In my last...
12 September 1882
Salazar, Trozo, Manila Basilio Teodoro Moran, publisher of Diariong Tagalog, reports to Rizal the censorship of his article El amor patrio – High praise for his literary work – Moran thinks Diarion Tagalog cannot live long on account of the indifference of the...