John W. Mulligan

John W. Mulligan (April 13, 1774 – January 17, 1862) was an 18th-century attorney who had been Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben's secretary. Later in life, he was U.S. Consul in Athens, Greece. Early life John W. Mulligan was born on April 13, 1774, in New York City. He was the son of Hercules Mulligan (1740–1825), an Irish-American tailor and spy during the American Revolutionary War, and Elizabeth Saunders Mulligan. When Alexander Hamilton was a student at Columbia College, he boarded with Hercules Mulligan. Later, Hercules Mulligan managed a store at 3 Vesey Street. In 1791, Mulligan graduated from Columbia College, where he had studied law, and was for a period a law clerk for Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton's family papers show that John Mulligan was an intimate friend of both Alexander Hamilton and his son. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Soon after graduation, Mulligan met Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Around the same time, John Mulligan met Charles Adams, the son of then-Vice President John Adams and they lived together until late 1792. The future president did not approve of the intense nature of their relationship and insisted that Adams and Mulligan split up. Both men wrote to Steuben who offered them to live with him. Steuben wrote to Mulligan:"Philadelphia, January 11, 1793.