Dapitan Dapitan, March 7, 1893 Misses Josefa and Trinidad Rizal My dear Sisters: I received your affectionate letter and I am glad to know that you are all well like our mother whose life may God preserve. They write me from Manila that you want to go home.[1] It is...
Rizal without the Overcoat
15 February 1893
Dapitan In his ostracism he has little correspondence – “They treat me more than humanely” – Roads to civilized forest – “I lack nothing except my freedom, my family, and my books” – About the Tagalog language – Photo of a Subano – Blumentritt and the Ilongot language...
14 February 1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 14 February 1893 MR. JOSE RIZAL MY DEAR SIR, The letter by which, without my knowledge, was delivered to you today by Antonio Miranda to whom it was addressed, contained phrases mortifying to you which from this moment I withdraw, retracting all that...
8 February 1893
Dapitan The price of a small dragnet — In partnership with another — Choleng’s convalescence — If his sisters would visit him — His santol in bloom by March but not the lanzon — Rizal’s hammock will be imitated — Naming his land — Do not send him bancas. * * *...
8 February 1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 7 March 1893 MR. MANUEL T. HIDALGO MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW MANENG, I received your two letters of 18 February and 4 March and I am very glad that those from Jolo arrived there without any trouble. I am very sorry that the fish net has not arrived. We...
2 February 1893
Manila Manila, 2 February 1893 MR. JOSE RIZAL Dapitan MY MOST BELOVED IN CHRIST DON JOSE, I received on time your very esteemed letter of the 9th January. I appreciate the gift that in honor of St. Paul you have deigned send me. The said image will continually remind...
19 January 1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 19 January 1893 MR. MANUEL T. HIDALGO MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW MANENG, Here I have formed a partnership with a Spaniard to supply the town with fish of which it lacks. In Dapitan alone there are six thousand inhabitants and in the interior some two or...
9 January 1893
Dapitan Dapitan, 9 January 1893 VERY REVEREND FATHER PABLO PASTELLS, S.J. My very reverenced father, I have read attentively your precious as well as profound letter of the 8th ultimo and I remain very grateful to you for the interest you continue showing me. These...
5 January 1893
Dapitan Writes as a son’s duty to his mother – Wish for ‘93 to be happier than ‘92 or ’91 – Christmas and New Year in Dapitan weren’t bad – Christmas eve feast with foreigners – Aquilino Gecolea, from Kalamba, came looking to buy land – Rizal’s new house and land –...
8 December 1892
Manila Manila, 8 December 1892 MR. JOSE RIZAL Dapitan MY MOST BELOVED IN CHRIST DON JOSE: I received your esteemed letter of 11 November in which you state that you have a point of view in religious matters different from mine; that if I am interested in asking you...