San Francisco, California 30 April 1888 Mr. Mariano Ponce My distinguished Countryman and dear Friend, Excuse me if I dare address you with the last title without having had yet the honor of meeting you, but I think that between us, and because of the favors I owe...
Rizal without the Overcoat
29 April 1888
San Francisco Unable to disembark from the ship due to quarantine – Effect of American opposition to Chinese immigration – Offered by the Spanish charge d'affaires in Tokyo employment at the Legation – Lived at the Legation to prove he is unafraid – Rizal sent family...
7 April 1888
Tokyo Tokyo, April 7, 1888 My dear Parents and Brothers: On the 13th of this month I am leaving for America on the Belgic of the Oriental and Occidental Company. I am thinking of staying in America for some weeks and leave afterwards for London which I should reach by...
26 March 1888
Leitmeritz 26 March 1889 Dr. José Rizal 23 Passage Saulnier, Paris Dearest, Pardon me for answering only now your dear letter of the 19th and with such few lines. I have worked very diligently on my Memoir of which I have already finished the following chapters: 1....
1 March 1888
Tokyo Tokyo, 1 March 1888 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS: Here I am in the capital city of the Japanese Empire, leading again my solitary and vagabond life in Europe. I left Hong Kong on the 22nd of February on the Oceanic and arrived at Yokohama on the 28th after...
22 February 1888
Wednesday From Hong Kong to Japan. We left Hong Kong at 12:15 on Thursday, 22 February, on board the Oceanic. My cabin mate was a Protestant pastor who had been in China 27 years and spoke Chinese well and knew some 2,000 characters; he had a long, white beard and was...
19 February 1888
Saturday. From Hong Kong to Macao. On board the Kiu-Lieng, a white boat, beautiful and clean, for river navigation, took us to Macao on a foggy day. On the boat with us were Mr. Jose Sainz de Veranda, ex-secretary of the General Government, chief of forests; Mr. Jose...
18 February 1888
Friday. Chinese feast. U-long tea is bitter and it is one of the beverages, P31.00 a pound. The table is ready; three saucers in front of every guest; the empty one’s the largest --8 centimeters (in diameter) with a porcelain spoon; another a smaller one, with soya...
17 February 1888
Thursday We went to visit Mr. Balvino Mauricio[1]; we didn't find him. We saw his daughter Belen and her Portuguese girl friend who ran away upon seeing us. The houses occupied by the Chinese have overhanging stairs; the doors are of the pull and push kind. The...
16 February 1888
Wednesday The silver frontals of the Church of St. Dominic and other churches are of white metal. The genuine ones were brought and cast in Hong Kong. Lorenzana died of asphyxia in the dungeon.