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) | |
| Sat 6 Jan 1900 | Reed Notice meeting held Wincanton Town Hall Tuesday re National Defences. |
| Defences (2), Hall (56), held (146), meeting (967), National (43), Notice (252), Reed (3327), Town (532), Tuesday (178), Wincanton (642) |