Oliver Pollock papers, 1767-1784.

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Oliver Pollock papers, 1767-1784.

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Letters from correspondents in Philadelphia, Louisiana, and Pensacola pertain mainly to commerce in Louisiana, Pollock's business affairs, and to his imprisonment in Cuba.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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 m...