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1. Paciano’s letter, September 15, 1882
Cholera
Calamba folks: novenas to San Roque, nocturnal
processions and prayers
Health authorities were impotent
From Chengoy: unhappiness of Leonor Rivera
Lovesick – ‘labnat’

2. Hall of Arms of Sanz y Carbonell – fencing and
shooting
Knowledge of music
Art galleries and museums
Lover of books
Leisure time: reading and writing at his boarding
house
Attending reunions of Filipino students
Socialized with other students: Cuban, Mexican

3. Study and prepare for his service to his country
Budget: time and money
Frugal life
Money: food, clothing, lodging and books
Vice: few pesetas on Madrid lottery

4. Daughter of Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey
Mayor of Manila during the administration of Gov.
Gen. Carlos Ma. De la Torre and promoted as Vice-
President of the Council of the Philippines in the
Ministry of Colonies
Charisma, talents and noble character
A La Senorita C. O. y P.
Backed out: Leonor and Eduardo de Lete

5. They bid me strike the lyre
So long mute and broken,
but not a note can I waken
Nor will my muse inspire!
She stammers coldly and babbles
When tortured by the mind;
She lies when she laughs and thrills as she lies in her
lamentation, for in isolation
My soul nor frolics nor feels

6. Cry of loneliness
Agonizing heart
Dejection of the soul
Sad man
New year’s eve during the party of Circulo Hispano-
Filipino

7. Economic disaster in agriculture in Calamba
Drought and locusts
Increase in rentals of the lands
The “Turkey story” – hard times of the Mercados
Delayed allowances
Selling of Jose’s pony
Hungry at times

8. June 25, 1884 victory party of Filipino community
Double victory of Filipino artists in the National
Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid
Juan Luna – Spolarium
Felix Resurrection Hidalgo – Christian Virgins
Exposed to the Populace
Glories of Spain and the Philippines

9. Letter to sister Trinidad (March 11, 1886)
High regard and admiration: serious, diligent,
educated and friendly; not gossipy, frivolous and
quarrelsome
Are not particular on beautiful dresses and jewelries
Advice to sister: read, read and learn
Christmas tree
Self-introduction to strangers in social graces

10. Harriet Beecher Stowes’ Uncle Tom’s Cabin
 Depicts the abuses of the American slave-owners and
the miserable conditions of the Negroes in the
southern American states
Pathetic plight of the Filipinos under Spanish rule
Started writing in Spain while studying
Original plan: portfolio of articles that covers the
phases of Philippine life

11. Finished writing in Germany
Publication: borrowed money from Dr. Maximo Viola
(300 pesos) to print 2,000 copies
Released March 1887

12.  How was the Noli affected his compatriots and the
Spaniards
To operate his mother’s eyes
Established a medical clinic
Daily threats
Liberal Governor Emilio Terrero provided him a
bodyguard: Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade
Got involved into the Calamba Agrarian Affair

13. Gov. Terrero ordered the investigation of the friar
estates in Calamba: inequities in connection with land
taxes and tenant relation
Rizal as spokesman of the tenants
Exposed the deplorable conditions of the farmers
Expose’ further infuriated by friars

14. Special committee was created to review the novel
Absolute prohibition, importation, reproduction and
circulation of the “pernicious book”
Friars: heretical, impious and scandalous in its
religious aspects and unpatriotic and subversive to
public order
Threat to security: forced to leave the country