| LC control no. | no2019047776 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mulligan, Hercules, 1740-1825 |
| Variant(s) | Mulligan, Hercules, active 1782-1783 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1740-09-25 |
| Death date | 1825-03-04 |
| Place of birth | Ireland |
| Field of activity | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Secret service |
| Profession or occupation | Tailors Spies Revolutionaries |
| Found in | Elliot, Andrew. Andrew Elliot accounts and letters, 1775-1784, undated. Chernow, R. Hamilton, 2005: page 41-42 (Hercules Mulligan; born 1740, Ireland; reputedly one of the "Liberty Boys" involved in a skirmish with British soldiers six weeks before the 1770 Boston Massacre; later, during the British occupation of warime New York, Mulligan dabbled in freelance espionage for George Washington, discreetly pumping his foppish clients, mostly Tories and British officers, for strategic information) Wikipedia, 31 March 2019 (Hercules Mulligan; September 25, 1740-March 4, 1825; an Irish-American tailor and spy during the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Mulligan> OCLC database, 31 March 2019 (access points: Mulligan, Hercules, 1740-1825, Mulligan, Hercules, active 1782-1783, Mulligan, Hercules) |
| Associated language | eng |
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