Historical clue formulations

• One of the Seven Sisters — 2024-09-28
• One of the Seven Sisters colleges — 2023-06-08
• Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) — 2021-11-08
• Actress Dame Maggie — 2021-04-19
• Metalworker — 2019-12-29
• One of academia's Seven Sisters — 2018-10-14
• Skilled laborer — 2018-09-02
• Most common U.S. surname — 2018-08-12
• Will with parts — 2016-02-27
• Skilled forger — 2015-12-12
• Expert on forgery? — 2012-11-24
• See 115-Down — 2009-03-15
• Suffix with black or silver — 2007-11-19
• Most common U.S. surname — 2007-09-24
• Most common U.S. surname — 2007-02-06
• Forger — 2005-10-01
• Title "Mr." of a 1939 film — 2002-04-24
• Metalworker — 2001-02-08
• Forge worker — 2000-10-12
• Forger — 1999-07-04
• One of about 2,400,000 in the United States — 1998-11-15
• Common alias — 1998-06-03
• Will of 55-Across — 1997-09-30
• Farrier, e.g. — 1997-06-19
• Blues singer Bessie — 1996-07-01
• Ian of Rhodesia — 1995-11-10