Manila Manila, 15 September 1883 MR. JOSE RIZAL MY OLD FRIEND AND DEAR NAMESAKE, If I do not continually inquire about you at Tomasina House where I know they receive letters from you every mail, undoubtedly I would have been surprised by these words which you put at...
Rizal without the Overcoat
11 September 1883
San Miguel, Madrid Vacillating between the law course and the philosophy and letters course — Madrid summer disagrees with him — Discusses the future prospects of Tacio and Dandoy, two Calamba youths — Filipinos at Madrid — Comparing Filipino and Japanese students —...
29 July 1883
Manila 29 July 1883 MR. JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO MY VERY DISTINGUISHED FRIEND AND FUTURE COMPADRE, Through the kindness of my never sufficiently esteemed Compadre Pepe,[1] I received the expression of your affection that from that adorned and aristocratic city you had the...
20 July 1883
Rue de Rennes, Paris 20 July 1883 MY DEAR BROTHER, I received your letter, I have read it, and I thank you for what you tell me for various reasons. I was going to give you in this letter my little descriptions of Paris but as I have no time and I have to answer first...
21 June 1883
Paris Paris, 21 June 1883 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, As I informed you in my previous letter written at Madrid a day before my departure, I’m now at Paris — Hotel de Paris, 37 Rue de Maubeuge — since the morning of the 17th, Sunday. My trip was one of the best and...
26 May 1883
Calamba Sugar crop — Rizal asks permission to go to Paris — A portrait of Rizal at Leonor's house painted by Resurrección Hidalgo — Death of Father Leoncio López, Calamba's parish priest – Departure of the police lieutenant — Town fiesta of Biñan — Incident with the...
14 May 1883
Calamba 14 May 1883 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MADRID DEAR JOSÉ, Though I have not answered your letter for a long time, I hope you will pardon me, I suppose that you understand the amount of work here now. Another reason is that I have no news to tell you except that our life is...
14 May 1883
Calamba She asks Rizal for prescription for the itch — News about town acquaintances and relatives. * * * [Calamba, 14 May 1883] DEAR JOSÉ, We received your letter and we read your news and your good advice. At the same time I'm grateful to you for your efforts for...
14 March 1883
Calamba Calamba, 14 March 1883 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter and we are informed of its content. The reason why we have not answered it earlier is that we are always distracted and when we remember it, the mail boat has left. I'm going to tell...
14 March 1883
Calamba She has stopped going to school — Congratulates Rizal on his ability to speak Italian after two months’ study. * * * [Calamba, 14 March 1883] MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter dated 29 January on the 10th of this month of March and we...