Rizal addresses the letter to “mi muy amada madre” (my beloved mother.) He sends news of Miss Bracken who leaves for Manila for a little rest; she arrives with various gifts including pajo, coconut oil, several trays and $25 for her and for “tatay (father.)” He apologizes for not sending more because he’s “had a lot of expenses”, but will send a little more with the next letter. He adds a list that he would like to have sent to him : three sacks of rice, one of flour and one of salt, several kilos (arroba) of sugar (of which he notes he consumes much) and a “bayoncito” of coffee. Rizal assures his mother, that although he “has gotten sick again but he was cured instantly because now he “knows more about the kind of fever that runs here.” In just two more months, he would sail home to Manila on 31 July 1896 to meet his destiny.
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Very Rare and Important Letter from José Rizal to His Mother (Teodora Alonso)
signed by José Rizal
dated Dapitan, 3 June 1896
dated Dapitan, 3 June 1896
written in Spanish
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