Pollock, Oliver, 1737-1823
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Pollock, Oliver, 1737-1823
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Pollock, Oliver, 1737-1823
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Oliver Pollock was an Irish-born trader, planter, and financier at Havana, Cuba, and New Orleans, La. He was appointed commercial agent of the United States in New Orleans in 1777 from where he supplied ammunition, provisions, and information to the Americans during the Revolution. He was appointed commercial agent of the United States in Havana, Cuba in 1783, where he was imprisoned for debt for eighteen months. Pollock was a merchant in Philadelphia, Pa., roughly between 1788 and 1791 before moving to his estate in Cumberland County, Pa. He later moved to Pinckneyville, Miss., where he died.
Colonial agent and trader.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr90019616
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Slavery
Debt, Imprisonment for
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Slave trade
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Cuba--Havana
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Louisiana--New Orleans
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Mississippi--Natchez
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Virginia--Richmond
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Cuba
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Louisiana--New Orleans
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Maryland
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Louisiana
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Florida--Pensacola
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United States
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Louisiana
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