Oliver Pollock letter, 1798 Oct. 17.

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Oliver Pollock letter, 1798 Oct. 17.

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Oliver Pollock at Silver Spring, Md., writes William Hamilton of Harrisburg, Pa., regarding his inability to secure a third witness for a suit in Maryland because the man lives in Virginia. He also notes that his wife's poor health keeps him from pursuing the matter at the moment.

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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...