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

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

The annalist of the order confessed his crime, and appeared in the auto-da-f� with the San-benito.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

Mooney, the Franciscan annalist, merely attests that "he lived for some time subsequent to 1599".

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 by Various