The story of an Irish-born tailor who turned his New York shop into a front-line intelligence hub, charming drunk British officers while secretly feeding George Washington and Alexander Hamilton life‑saving tips. From toppling King George’s statue to twice foiling assassination and kidnap plots, he walks a razor’s edge—suspected by Loyalists, doubted by Patriots, nearly ruined, even jailed. Only after Evacuation Day does Washington publicly hail him as a “true friend of liberty,” rescuing his reputation.
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