Madrid – Spain

Rizal writes to a Kalamba friend about the girls of Kalamba – His impression of Spanish women.

01-062                                                                                                                         [Family] 1882.12.30                                                                                                                    ...

Asks his sisters to write him often — Will wear Filipino costume at the carnival —Regrets not having brought with him his nito salacot.

01-061                                                                                                                         [Family] 1882.12.30                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Enjoins his sister María to save his letters to his parents and brothers — And look up their former servants and help them — Hopes to treat the eyes of his mother upon his return — Rizal saw the comet seen by his father — Clarifies his location for his nephew.

01-060                                                                                                                         [Family] 1882.12.30                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Race between an Italian named Barghosi and an Aragonese called Bielsa — Poor behavior of the Madrid public.

01-054                                                                                                                         [Family] 1882.11.27                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Enrolled in medicine and law — In good health but poor in money — Attends meeting of Circulo hispano-filipino — Would like to know five or six languages — Enjoins his younger sisters to study.

01-046                                                                                                                         [Family] 1882.10.05                                                                                                                  Madrid...

Unfair treatment of Filipino engraver Figueroa in the filing of a professorial chair at the Acadamia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando — Rumors of war between France and Germany — Announcing his graduation from the medical college in 1884 — Some of the food sent to him arrived spoiled or in broken containers — Republican demonstration at Madrid.

01-090                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.11.21                                                                                                                   Madrid...

Madrid weather — Living with Lete and the Llorentes in better conditions — The local gymnasium — Drawing classes — Christmas greetings — Christmas at Madrid — Eager for family news — Political trends in Europe — The Columbus banquet.

01-089                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.10.11                                                                                                                   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 — Only one Filipino is studying agriculture — Probable new minister of colonies.

01-086                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.09.11                                                                                                      San Miguel, Madrid...

Sinking of the Lipa — Eagerness for home news — Horseback riding at Barcelona — Remembering the Calamba singers — His progress in learning languages — A sample of his Tagalog — Scandals at the Madrid court — Inquiring the reaction about a Filipino who married a Spanish woman — Dinner at the house of the Paterno Brothers

01-074                                                                                                                         [Family] 1883.02.13                                                                                                                   Madrid...