How an Irish tailor named Hercules Mulligan, and his accomplice, and his African accomplice, twice saved George Washington from capture during the Revolutionary War. Hercules Mulligan was born in Coleraine, of what was then called County Londonderry to Episcopalians Hugh and Sarah Mulligan, on September 25, 1740. Six years later, the Mulligan family immigrated to New York, … [Read more...] about Hercules Mulligan: Tailor, Patriot, Spy
Hercules Mulligan: Tailor, Patriot, Spy
By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor