Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets
| Date | Snippet |
| Fri 14 Jul 1882 | Rain prevented hauling forest To-days Paper contained account War Egypt, Bombardment Defences Alexandria, Forts entirely Destroyed, Soldiers killed Wounded |
| account (25), Alexandria (2), Bombardment (1), contained (2), Defences (2), Destroyed (2), Egypt (3), entirely (1), forest (147), Forts (1), hauling (1627), Killed (143), Paper (133), prevented (3), rain (360), Soldiers (3), To-days (1), War (3) | |
| Thu 24 Jan 1889 | Heard Mr G. Amor Is war necessary. |
| Amor (227), heard (404), necessary (6), War (3) | |
| Wed 10 Feb 1904 | Heard war Japan Russia commenced Monday |
| commenced (69), heard (404), Japan (1), Russia (2), War (3) |