Commonplace History 

A reflection on shared knowledge and memory, as expressed in a 1765 primary source from the NYC Stamp Act riot.

I has been nearly a decade since my old college self, with full confidence in my heart, posted on this small blog. It was like shouting...

Daniel Horsmanden, chief justice of the New York Court of Judicature, died in 1778 as an unpopular man[1]. He had presided over one of...