Paris 3 January 1890 [Mr. Mariano Ponce] MY FAVORITE FRIEND, I received your letter and immediately I sent the nine copies of Morga to Canon just in case you should leave before their arrival. But, if you are still there when they arrive, ask Canon for them; he will...
Rizal without the Overcoat
2 January 1890
Madrid 2 January 1890 MR. JOSE RIZAL LONDON[1] MY ESTEEMED SIR, I received your letter of 26 December with a bill for 25 pesetas enclosed as your membership fee in the Associacion Hispano-Filipina. You will know that its new treasurer is Antonio Luna so that as soon...
2 January 1890
Leitmeritz, Austria Greetings and Christmas gifts – Reply to a letter of La-calle – Blumentritt’s article on previous censorship – I must say that I like del Pilar better; he is serene and a politician ought to be serene before anything else – Meyer marvels at the...
31 December 1889
Barcelona Barcelona, 31 December 1889 MR. JOSE RIZAL DEAR PEPE, I received the book Sucesos.[1] Many thanks. I have read only Blumentritt’s prologue. Truly excellent. Please send me immediately about ten copies that I can send to the Philippines by the first mail that...
31 December 1889
Calamba Attested deposition of Hidalgo’s deportation — The governor general, the rector of Santo Tomás, and two Dominicans are awaited at Calamba — The object of the visit is to frighten the tenants so that they would pay — Choleng, teacher — Hidalgo also wrote M. H....
29 December 1889
Leitmeritz Leitmeritz, 29 December 1889 Dr. J. Rizal 45 Rue de Maubeuge, Paris Brother of my heart, For the New Year on my behalf, my family, and your friends and admirers, Czepelack and Klutzschack, I wish you everything imaginably good and beautiful. Above all I...
28 December 1889
Paris Rizal hasn’t heard from home for a long time – He sends four copies of his edition of Morga to the Philippines – Doña is not resentful of Roxas – Rizal will move to Germany – Will send more if the books is admitted without difficulty – Don Florentino Torres has...
16 December 1889
Barcelona The search of Ponce’s house discussed in the press in Madrid and Barcelona – It reaches the senate, the congress, and the council of ministers – Asks for Rizal’s advice – The decision of the court of honor buries Mir in the garbage can – Sends Rizal receipt...
10 December 1889
Madrid 10 December 1889 DEAR RIZAL, I intended to write you yesterday but it was impossible. Now I do it replying to all your letters. You already know what happened to the affair. Before I left I submitted it to the decision of a court of honor formed by the Press...
10 December 1889
Barcelona Received T. H. Pardo de Tavera’s books – Sending 25 copies of the Noli to Hamburg – Aftermath of the Luna-Mir Deas affair – Search in Ponce’s house on account of Mir’s information – Books without the printer’s name – It is possible that complications may...