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JOSE  FIGUEROA.  161

The  appointment  of  Figueroa  to  the  place  vacated  by  Victoria
was  made,  as  Victoria's  appointment  had  been,  by  Bustamante
the  vice-president  of  the  republic.     His  commission  was  dated
May  9^  1832.^    Figueroa  was  then  at  the  federal  capital.     A  few
days  afterwards  the  comandante  of  Acapulco  was  directed  to
have  in  readiness  a  number  of  troops  to  accompany  the  *new
governor;'  and  about  the  same  time  a  series  of  instructions,  as
usual  in  such  cases,  was  made  out  and  placed   in   Figueroa's
hands.    These  instructions,  however,  were  much  more  full  and
elaborate  than  ordinary  and  were  intended  to  furnish  a  complete
and  circumstantial  account  of  everything  that  had  taken  place
in  the  territory  from   the  time   Echeandia  became  governor.
