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A memorandum, 1837, by Nassau Senior on factory regulation acts in the cotton industry addressed to Charles Poulett Thomson, president of the Board of Trade, later Lord Sydenham.

Miscellaneous papers, 1790-1887, accumulated by Walter Nassau Senior, grandson of Nassau William Senior, including letters from statesmen or ecclesiastical dignitaries, such as William Ewart Gladstone (1) 1886, Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1) n.d., Lord John Russell (1) 1868, Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford (3) 1859-1864, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, dean of Westminster (2) 1863, and Edward Copleston, bishop of Llandaf (1) 1841; together with envelopes bearing the signatures of William Pitt, Charles James Fox, and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; and verses, 1802 and [c. 1819], by Nassau William Senior.

Twenty-seven letters, 1855-1869, to Jane Elizabeth Senior, philanthropist, and daughter-in-law of Nassau William Senior, from Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Assyriologist (11) 1855-[?1861], Sir Austen Henry Layard, archaeologist and politician (15) 1858-1869, and Sir James Emerson Tennent, traveller and politician (1).

Some one hundred and thirty-eight letters to Nassau William Senior, mostly from statesmen, economists and ecclesiastical dignitaries. The letters were previously in an album, a list of the original contents of which can be found on ff. i-ii.
The correspondents are Henry Richard Vassall Fox, Baron Holland, 1831-1840 (ff. 1-26 verso), Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady Holland, [?1830s] (ff. 27-33 verso), Henry Edward Fox, Baron Holland, 1851-1853 (ff. 35-51 verso), Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, 1829-1834 (ff. 52-64), George Eden, Earl of Auckland, 1831-1835 (ff. 66-68 verso), George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, 1840-1859 (ff. 74-78 verso), Sir Charles Wood, 1831 (f. 80), William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, 1831 (f. 82), Thomas Hyde Villiers, 1831 (f. 84), Henry Drummond, 1831 (f. 88), William Sturges-Bourne, 1832-1834 (ff. 90-96 verso), D. O. P. O. Leaden, 1832 (f. 98), Henry Ellis, 1832 (f. 100), George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 1833-1859 (ff. 102-111), Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1834 (f. 112), Thomas Young, 1834 (f. 114), Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond, 1834 (f. 116), Joseph Luckerman, 1834 (f. 118), Charles Grey, Earl Grey, 1834-1848 (ff. 120-145), C. J. Darbishire, 1834 (f. 146), Joseph Hume, 1834-1835 (ff. 147-148 verso), Thomas Milner Gibson, 1834 (f. 150), William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, 1835-1836 (ff. 152-156 verso), John Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer, 1835-1836 (ff. 158-167), Robert Adney, 1835-1844 (ff. 169-171), Henry Canning, Hamburg, 1835 (ff. 173-175 verso), Sir George Nicholls, 1835 (f. 177), John Rickman, 1835 (ff. 179-181), Sir Henry Taylor, 1835 (f. 183), Henry Bickersteth, Baron Langdale, 1836 (f. 185), Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon, 1836-1855 (ff. 187-194 verso), Sir Francis Bond Head, 1836-1841 (ff. 195-221 verso), Walter Coulson, 1836 (f. 222), John Russell, Earl Russell, 1836-1837 (ff. 224-226 verso), Robert Torrens, 1836 (f. 228), H. J. Boulton, 1836 (f. 230), George W. Wood, 1837 (f. 234), Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron Overstone, 1837 (ff. 236-239 verso), Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham, 1838 (f. 240), John Prince-Smith, 1838 (f. 242), James Endell Tyler, 1838 (f. 244), Edward Sterling, 1839 (f. 247), Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Baron St Leonards, 1839-1853 (ff. 249-262 verso), T. C. Banfield, 1841-1855 (ff. 264-267), Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1841 (ff. 268-279 verso), George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, 1842-1857 (ff. 280-288), Alexander Baring, Baron Ashburton, 1842 (f. 289), William Bingham Baring, Baron Ashburton, 1846-1855 (ff. 291-296 verso), Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron Hatherton, 1842 (f. 297), Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 1843 (f. 300), and Hugh Fortescue, Earl Fortescue, 1845-1859 (ff. 304-308 verso). Also included are a letter to Joseph Hume, 1834 (f. 146), and a ballad entitled 'Effects of the new poor law bill', 1838 (f. 246).

Some one hundred and twenty-one letters to Nassau William Senior, mostly from statesmen, economists and ecclesiastical dignitaries; together with a letter, 1831, to Mary Charlotte Senior (f. 433) and eleven letters, 1874-1914, to Walter Nassau Senior, grandson of Nassau William Senior, pertaining mainly to the papers of the Senior family (ff. 599-621). The letters were previously in an album, a list of the original contents of which is NLW MS 23858iE, ff. i-ii.
The correspondents are Sir James Stephen, 1848 (f. 310), James Fitzjames Stephen, 1859 (f. 312), Joshua Bates, [?1845]-1848 (ff. 314-318 verso), John Campbell, Baron Campbell, [1830s]-1850 (ff. 319-326 verso), Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, [?1858] (f. 327), George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of Sutherland, 1854-1858 (ff. 329-334 verso), Sir George Grey, 1854 and [n.d.] (ff. 335-337 verso), Sir Howard Douglas, 1855-1857 (ff. 339-343 verso), Edward Ellice, 1855 (ff. 344-350 verso), Arthur Richard Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1856 (f. 351), Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, Earl Cowley, 1857-1862 (ff. 353-357), Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton, 1857 (f. 359), Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg, 1858 (f. 361), Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, 1858 (f. 363), John Romilly, Baron Romilly, 1858 (f. 365), Charles Richard Fox, 1858 (f. 367), Sir Thomas Wyse, 1859 (f. 369), Sir Henry Knight Storks, 1858-1861 (ff. 383-386), Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, 1853 (f. 387), Sir William Erle, 1863 (f. 391), Sir Charles Bullen, [1840s] (ff. 393-394), Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Duke of Newcastle, [?1840s] (f. 396), Sir Robert Peel, [?1836] (f. 398), Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, [n.d.] (f. 400), William Wilberforce, [c. 1830] (f. 402), Denis Le Marchant, [1830s] (ff. 404-406), Albany Fonblanque, [?1828] (f. 408), Miles Thomas Stapleton, Baron Beaumont, [c. 1850] (f. 410), Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, [?1863] (f. 417), James Andrew Broun Ramsay, Marquis of Dalhousie, [?1850s] (f. 419), J. G. Ward, [mid 19 cent.] (f. 423), R. H. Wrighton, [mid 19 cent.] (f. 425), Henry P. Walford, [?1829] (f. 428), Joseph Blanco White, 1831-1839 (ff. 433-458), Thomas Perronet Thompson, 1833-1836 (ff. 459-470 verso), Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, 1836 (f. 471), Macvey Napier, 1841-1843 (ff. 475-484 verso), Edward Wakefield, 1840 (f. 485), James Pillans, 1847 (f. 487), Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1857 (f. 491), Edwin Chadwick, 1861 (ff. 495-504), Hekekyan Bey, 1862 (ff. 505-508 verso), Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1863 (f. 509), Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, [mid 19 cent.] (ff. 510-515), Caroline Clive, [mid 19 cent.] (f. 516), Anna Jameson, [mid 19 cent.] (ff. 518-521 verso), Charles James Blomfield, 1830-1856 (ff. 522-527), Edward Copleston, 1830-1845 (ff. 528-547), Thomas Chambers, 1832 (ff. 548-551), Richard Whately, 1832-1858 (ff. 552-556), John Bird Sumner, 1834 (ff. 557-561 verso), Francis Jeune, 1850 (f. 562), William Henry Brookfield, 1858 (f. 564), William Thomson, 1849-1850 (ff. 566-569), Archibald Campbell Tait, 1863 (f. 570), Samuel Wilberforce, [1845x1864] (f. 576), Sherlock Willis, 1818 (f. 578), Peter Ewart, 1831 (f. 580), Jane Haldimand Marcet, 1836 (ff. 582-585), Thomas Ashton, 1846 (f. 590), Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, 1838 (f. 596), Albert Henry George Grey, Earl Grey, 1894-1896 (ff. 603-607 verso), Caroline Emelia Stephen, 1874-1905 (ff. 599, 608), C. Edmund Maurice, 1912 (ff. 610-613), and Dorothea M. Hughes, 1914 (ff. 614-621 verso). There are references to Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay, 1848 (f. 310 verso), the death of Charles Buller, 1848 (ff. 310-311), Sir Leslie Stephen, 1848 (f. 311 verso), Sir James Stephen, 1859 (f. 312), George Sumner, 1848 (f. 316), John Sutherland, 1838 (f. 451 recto-verso), Prof. [Pierre] Prevost, 1836 (ff. 582-583), Virginia Woolf, 1905 (f. 609), Octavia Hill, 1912 (f. 610), Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent, 1863 (f. 389 recto-verso), political events in Paris and France, 1848 (f. 316), and the Battle of Waterloo, 1818 (f. 578), and a poem by Joseph Blanco White, [c. 1830] (f. 432).

Over one hundred and thirty letters, [?1831]-[c. 1860], from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, third marquis of Lansdowne, to Nassau William Senior, mainly discussing parliamentary business and contemporary political issues, including Ireland and poor law administration, often with reference to Senior's own writings.

Memoranda by Nassau Senior on a conference on the Irish church and education, [c. 1835], on the redundancy of population in Ireland, 1837 (two versions) and on Poor Law administration in Ireland, [c. 1837]. The memoranda are accompanied by covering letters from Senior to Lord Howick, 1837, and to Lord Lansdowne, 1835-1837.

Letters to Nassau William Senior, containing extensive comments on contemporary political events, particularly in France and the United States, from the politicians Edward Everett, (8) 1842-1856, and George Sumner (10) 1843-1863, and from the business man, John Murray Forbes (10) 1855-1863; together with eight letters, 1857-1862, from Senior to Forbes. Also included are four letters, 1863-1876, from Forbes to Senior's daughter-in-law, the philanthropist Jane Elizabeth Senior.

Twenty-eight letters, 1832-1859, from Nassau Senior to Lord Lansdowne as President of the Cabinet Council, some discussing contemporary political issues including Poor Law administration, Ireland and the economy. Others are written from Paris, Athens and various German towns and refer to the political situation and social conditions in these respective countries.
Also included are two letters, 1835-1836, from Alexis de Tocqueville to Lord Lansdowne, together with transcripts of four letters, 1848-1855, from de Tocqueville to Nassau Senior; one letter, 1848, from George Sumner to Nassau Senior discussing the 1848 revolution in France; and other related letters.

Papers, 1790-1914, of, or relating to, Nassau William Senior and his family. They include family correspondence, including transcripts, 1800-1912; correspondence, 1818-1863, of Nassau William Senior with various individuals, including Lord Lansdowne, [?1831]-[c. 1860], and John Murray Forbes, 1855-1863; letters to Senior from Alexis de Tocqueville, Edward Everett and George Sumner, 1842-1863, mainly relating to contemporary political events in France and the United States; papers, 1834-1837, concerning Poor Law legislation, social and religious issues in Ireland and factory regulation in the cotton industry; letters, 1855-1876, to Jane Elizabeth Senior; a journal of Senior's tour in Scotland, Ireland and Wales, [?1819]; and miscellaneous papers, including letters from statesmen and ecclesiastical dignitaries, 1790-1887, collected by Walter Nassau Senior.

A draft memorandum in the hand of Nassau Senior discussing various systems of Poor Law administration.

A volume, 1834, in several hands, chronicling the proceedings at the conferences convened by the Poor Law Commission, set up in 1832, of which Nassau Senior was a member.

Ninety-six letters, 1800-1912, to or from members of the Senior family. Many are to or from Nassau William Senior when a pupil at Eton College and a student at Magdalen College, Oxford. The correspondence contains much information on three generations of the Senior family with occasional references to the politicial situation in Britain and France. Also included are miscellaneous documents including a copy of the will, 1823, of the Rev. John Raven Senior.

A volume, watermark 1826, containing transcripts of twenty-six letters, 1764-1795, to and from the parents and grandparents of Nassau William Senior. The letters from his mother, Mary, to her mother, Mrs Ann Duke, include many references to Senior's childhood.

A manuscript fair copy (watermark 1816) of an account, by Nassau William Senior of a tour through parts of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, undertaken in 1819. It contains extensive social commentary and economic analysis, particularly of the condition of Ireland, and is written in the form of a letter to Senior's friend, the author John Hughes. The text is in an unknown hand which is contemporary with Senior, and it includes corrections in Senior's hand. The inscription on the front cover, 'A sketch of a hasty tour over parts of Scotland, Ireland & Wales in the autumn of 1819 - by NWS', is also in Senior's hand.