Commonplace History 

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...

Header of the New York Weekly Journal It was Monday, February 8th 1741, and in the morning edition of the New York Weekly Journal, John...

The Romans used the word initium , “beginning” , in various ways. As in all ancient languages, words often held multiple shades of...