FIGUEREDO 



it is said that the group which lent the 

 most valuable services to the cause was 

 that under his direction. 



After twenty years of exile he returned 

 to Cuba in 1898 when the American flag 

 was floating over the Island and soon 

 afterwards was appointed by the American 

 authorities Second Customs Officer at 

 Cienfuegos. Later, in 1900, he came to 

 Havana to take the post of Sub-Secretary 

 of State a position which he occupied 

 until the twentieth of May, 1902, when 

 President Tomas Estrada Palma appointed 

 him Director General of Communications. 



In 1906, he was made Interventor of 

 State and in 1908, on the death of General 

 Roloff, he was appointed by Mr. Magoon 

 (American Governor during Intervention) 

 to succeed him as Treasurer General of the 

 Republic an office which he still holds. 



AND MONOGRAPHS 



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