Oliver
POLLOCK
(b.
abt. 1737
,
Bready, County Tyrone, Ireland
d.
17 December 1823
,
Pinckneyville, Mississippi, USA
)
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Oliver POLLOCK was born abt. 1737 in Bready, County Tyrone, Ireland
Oliver POLLOCK was the child of ? and ?Oliver POLLOCK died 17 December 1823 in Pinckneyville, Mississippi, USA.
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Oliver POLLOCK was a inventor of the U.S. Dollar sign, merchant and financier of the American Revolutionary War.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
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Oliver POLLOCK was a inventor of the U.S. Dollar sign, merchant and financier of the American Revolutionary War.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca
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1778 - April 1 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
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April 1, 1778
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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1823 Death 17 December 1823
Pinckneyville, Mississippi, USA
Patriot Celt and Merchant Prince Who Financed George Rogers Clark
Oliver Pollock, Forgotten of History, by an Act of Generosity to the Famine-Stricken City of New Orleans, Won the Gratitude of the Spanish Governors and Amassed a Great Fortune Before the Revolutionary War
Not all the heroes who helped lay the foundations of the republic in the Revolutionary War wore continental uniforms, faced the foe in the 'imminent deadly breach,' or delivered patriotic utterances that stirred men's souls to action. There were some big forceful men in the background who today would be classified as 'big business men' or 'captains of industry' without whose aid in dire emergencies the cause might have been lost. There was Robert Morris, the biggest business man of his time, who financed the Revolution, pledging his own private fortune and often those of his wealthy friends to keep the patriot armies in the field and to supply their wants, his patriotic career ending in the debtor's prison. There was Washington's 'little friend on Front street,' Philadelphia, the ...Read MORE...
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Oliver Pollock, Forgotten of History, by an Act of Generosity to the Famine-Stricken City of New Orleans, Won the Gratitude of the Spanish Governors and Amassed a Great Fortune Before the Revolutionary War
Not all the heroes who helped lay the foundations of the republic in the Revolutionary War wore continental uniforms, faced the foe in the 'imminent deadly breach,' or delivered patriotic utterances that stirred men's souls to action. There were some big forceful men in the background who today would be classified as 'big business men' or 'captains of industry' without whose aid in dire emergencies the cause might have been lost. There was Robert Morris, the biggest business man of his time, who financed the Revolution, pledging his own private fortune and often those of his wealthy friends to keep the patriot armies in the field and to supply their wants, his patriotic career ending in the debtor's prison. There was Washington's 'little friend on Front street,' Philadelphia, the ...Read MORE...
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The Delmarvia Star
Wilmington, Delaware
October 27, 1929
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