Historical clue formulations

• Journalist, informally — 2026-04-28
• Melville's Bartleby, for one — 2023-11-08
• Copy writer — 2023-06-04
• Job in a monastery — 2019-02-27
• Journalist, informally — 2015-12-26
• Old record keeper — 2014-11-22
• Writer of old — 2014-01-26
• Professional writer — 2013-12-23
• Newspaper columnist, humorously — 2013-09-22
• Writer — 2010-04-15
• Worker who sets things down — 2009-03-27
• Many a monk, once — 2005-02-05
• Copier of a manuscript — 2004-12-06
• Public clerk — 2003-10-05
• Copier — 2002-07-31
• Writer for hire — 2001-10-08
• Torah copyist — 2000-05-02
• Penman — 1999-12-23
• Obsolescent occupation — 1994-07-01