May 28, 2022
The first known use of the name Jessica was in William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.
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The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad
The trove of documents was astonishing. A deed was the first to emerge—a dull legal agreement made nearly 200 years earlier. Its paper and ink and wax seals were authenticated by people who knew these things. Enthusiasm followed, and so did more documents, all of about the same vintage: a receipt
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