Lexic.us

Definition of Historical record

1. Noun. Writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Historical Record

Literary usage of Historical record

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"... CHAPTER XVII Pontefract and its Castle PONTEFRACT : ITS ORIGIN AND NAME—ITS historical record—THE DE LACY FAMILY—THE EARLS OF LANCASTER—RICHARD II. ..."

2. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"AMERICAN historical record.—Continued. First Series, 1872-74, 3 vols.; with continuation: Potter's American Monthly, Vols. 4-7; 7 vols, in 5, ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"adding to its intrinsic value aa a popular historical record. In all other respects the new work is a literal reproduction of the larger history, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"historical record* of Family of Latin, III (Edinburgh. 1869), 402-407; KEITH, Hitl. Catalogue of Scottish Bishops (Edinburgh, 1824), 194-200 (with extracts ..."

5. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1921)
"FOSSILS — THE historical record OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION Although the geologist uses fossils primarily as indices, to determine the geological horizon, ..."

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