annalist

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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2016

The Historical Romance is founded on history, but it differs from it in the most essential particulars, and is relieved from the principal difficulties with which the annalist of actual occurrences has to contend.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

In 1795, the year of the yellow fever plague, Bernard Hart rendered heroic service, as is testified by a contemporary annalist.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

By much importunity," says an annalist, Mr. Ranford of Chowan, "in 1712 we prevailed upon Mr. Martin to let him baptize three of his Negroes, two women and a boy.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin

After this the pace slackened, and we need no longer cling to the methods of the annalist.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)