Rizal addresses the letter to Maria Rizal and thanks her for “the chocolate, sweets, and cigarettes… as well as tea that he has “already found in the box.” He sends his most famous advice to her son Moris : “Please tell Moris to speak English so that he would not forget it” — and a piece of practical wisdom to all young people of the internationalism and borderlessness of the world.
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Very Rare & Important Letter from José Rizal to His Sister Maria Rizal
signed by José Rizal
dated Dapitan, 28 August 1895
dated Dapitan, 28 August 1895
written in Tagalog
one sheet, with writing on both sides
pen and ink on graph paper
one sheet, with writing on both sides
pen and ink on graph paper
8 1/4 “ x 5 1/4” (21 x 13 cm)
SOLD: PHP 1,168,000
Provenance:
From José RIzal (1861-1896) to Maria Rizal (1859-1945),
from thence by descent to her only daughter Encarnacion Cruz
Literature: Letters of Jose Rizal to His Family (1876-1896), José Rizal with a foreword by Alejando R. Roces, National Historical Institute, 1993. Pages 395