The Bankrupt Irishman Who Created the Dollar Sign

Some images of the ledger, seeing as the article doesn't contain any for some reason:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volum...

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volum...

Some more HN discussion about this - Why Is the Dollar Sign a Letter S?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9017986

An alternative, more sympathetic take on Pollock's story: http://www.clanpollock.com/index.php?content=oliverpollockun...