Rizal without the Overcoat

Bulacan handkerchiefs — Beaded step-ins — Guava jelly.

01-075                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.03.14                                                                                                                   Calamba...

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 Spanish woman — Dinner at the house of the Paterno Brothers

01-074                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.02.13                                                                                                                   Madrid...

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 Centers of Finance.

04-073                                                                                                                         [Misc.] 1883.02.08                                                                                                                     Manila...

Improvement of the land at Pansol — Do not dispel the priests — Fine arts instead of law, says the curate.

01-072                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883[?]                                                                                                                Calamba,...

European Politics — Nunez de Arce, minister of colonies — General Jovellas to the Philippines — Proposed legal forms — Pleasant weather

01-071                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.01.29                                                                                                                  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 Christmas gift.

01-070                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.01.29                                                                                                                  Madrid...