Sandakan From: W.B. Pryer To: Jose Rizal Rizal’s project to lease land in British North Borneo entailed considerable correspondence, as the following letters show. Mr. Pryer is the manager of the Dunlop Corporation in Borneo. * * * Sandakan, 3 April 1892 DON JOSE...

Ghent Disappointed at the conservative ideas of our old folks – Dismal legacy of slavery – Family interests and patriotic ideas and liberty – To die for the country is a duty – Against the stupid expression: “What a waste of blood!” – May those conservative ideas not...

Paris A post card from Bautista inquires about General Despujol’s treatment of Rizal – Del Pilar suggests congratulations to Despujol – Fee for the issue of Rizal’s diploma by the Ministry of Fomento – Presents Rizal with a book on diagnostic pathology by H. Virchon –...

Biarritz From: Edward Boustead To: Jose Rizal Felicitations on the salvation of his family – Aid of the Throne of Grace – May Rizal escape friar intrigues and attain success as a physician – Fire in Manila – Biarritz is very lively – Remembering the excursion with...

Leitmeritz, Austria Greetings of the Filipino Colony of Leitmeritz, formed by the Blumentritt family on Rizal’s saint’s day, St. Joseph, 19 March. * * * Leitmeritz, Austria 19 March 1892 Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt Dr. Jose Rizal 2 Rednaxela Terrace Hong Kong...

Manila Books, drafts, and other effects sent to Rizal — Feast of the captain general celebrated with pomp — But he absented himself to avoid gossip — His wife received at the palace the principalia and other invited guests — The archbishop was aloof at the reception —...

Manila P130 from S. Lopez to settle accounts in Hong Kong; the balance to pay for copies of Filibusterismo – All refuse to accept the 25% commission offered by Rizal – Rizal’s circular will be taken to Balayan – Mrs. Trinidad Zobel advises Rizal not to return to the...

Hong Kong Grateful to La Solidaridad for its support of the Kalambeños – Rizal wrote on the happenings for English papers – Not an echo in the Spanish press – Linares Rivas promises redress for the grievances – Some pardoned – Difficulty of sending La Solidaridad to...

Manila Well but restless — The exiles in Joló were pardoned on the birthday of the governor general — It is impossible at present to sell the homestead of the Rizal family — Grand celebration of the governor general's birthday — Gobernadorcillos pay homage but...

Manila Petition to the Governor General signed by the wives of the heads of barangay — Telegram of Procurator Manzaneque urging the remittance of funds — Great difficulties of the interested party and pawning of jewels — Attorney Gutierrez defends faithfully the...