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May 2016
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Hercules Mulligan, Spy on the Inside Pt....

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After years of protesting and resisting British rule in New York, Mulligan passed important information on to George Washington, possibly saving his life. How did that one-time act of happenstance blossomed into a career as a full-time spy?

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