Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

Alexandria

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)
Sat 9 Aug 1902

The Coronation King Edward VII Queen Alexandria held today Westminster Abbey.
Abbey (4), Alexandria (2), coronation (18), Edward (90), held (146), King (53), Queen (34), The (347), today (1127), VII (2), Westminster (8)

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