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Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course IV, No. 6), entitled 'Exchange - value - cost of production'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand; marked 'Fair Copy'.]

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 11-23 May 1850. The political situation in Europe is discussed, with particular attention being paid to the rift between France and England over the Don Pacifico case. There are conversations with Faucher; François Guizot (1787-1874); Beaumont; Count Viel-Castel (1797-18); Tocqueville; Vicomte Lanjuinais (1802-69); Baron Eugene Sartiges (1809-92); Baron de Billing; Auguste Arthur de La Rive (1801-73); Arrivabene; Vincenzo Gioberti (1801-52); Anisson Duperon (1776-1852); Duc de Broglie (1785-1870); Comte de Circourt (1801-79); Auguste Chevalier, et al. There are comments on the Electoral Law (1850); the Greek question; French art; attitudes of French Assembly; Free Trade; Austrian politics; Swiss politics; Italian politics; constitutional monarchy; republicanism; and the Celtic people (including 'Y Cwmri').
[Published in: Journals Kept in France..., vol. I, pp. 220-278].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 29 April-24 May 1850, with a copy of a letter (in French) from Tocqueville, 27 July 1851 (ff. 134-139). The political state of France is discussed with Philip Taylor; Beaumont; Tocqueville, Dunoyer; Lavergne; Mrs Grote; Faucher; Count Gallina; Dumon; Jules von Mohl (1800-76); Wollowski; Ampere; Gioberti; George Sumner; Count de Barante (1782-1866); Anisson Duperon; Prosper Mérimée (1803-70); Duc de Broglie; Arrivabene; Emile Girardin (1802-81); Say; Rivet; Auguste Chevalier; Charles Montalembert (b. 1810); Guizot, et al. Topics of conversation include the constitutional problems of France; the commercial state of France; revolutions; Rome; politics in Germany; the threat of insurrection in Paris, 3 May 1851; French invasion of Rome; Catholicism in England; Italian unity; Faucher's acceptance of office; public works in France; republicanism; class distinctions in Italy, etc.
[Published in: (i) Journals Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 171-219, and (ii) Correspondence..., vol. I, pp. 247-61.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course V, No. 2), entitled 'Colonization'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand. Marked 'Fair copy'.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course IV, No. 3), entitled 'Recapitulation: Production'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand. Marked 'Fair Copy' and dated 22 March 1850.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course IV, No. 7), entitled 'Monopolies'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand; marked 'Fair Copy'.]

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Normandy, 14 August-2 September 1850. Most of the discussions are with Tocqueville, but there are also conversations with: Jean Charles Rivet (1800-72) and Anisson-Duperon. Topics of discussion include: French Revolution; the Electoral Law; French politics; the Bourbons; the Republican party; religion in France; French art; Dumon's adultery; Thiers's History of the Empire; the 'paucity of great men'; French education system; social life in the French countryside; Guizot's dismissal in 1848; property ownership in France; literature; the Bayeux tapestry; and careers for gentlemen in France and England. There are also lengthy descriptions of the French countryside.
[Published in: Correspondence; vol. I, pp. 99-1701.

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visits to Turin, Pisa and Florence, 25 October-7 December 1850. The state of French and Italian politics is discussed with: Beaumont; Faucher; Sir James Stephen (1789-1859); Marquis Sauli; Cavour (1810-61); Count Castelborgo; Marquis Cavour [elder brother of the Cavour]; Marquis Arconati (1797-1873); Count Balbo (1789-1853); Marquis Alfieri [Sostegno]; Giacinto Collegno (1794-1856); Giuseppe Massari (1805-72); Count Sclopis (1798-1878); M. Cordova (1811-67); Count Persano (1806-83); Philip Taylor (1786-1870); Abercromby; Chevalier Rossi [Belgian consul]; Marquis Torrearsa (1808-89); Vincenzo Salvagnoli (1802-61); Duke Serra di Falco; Peter Cambell Scarlett (1804-81); General Sir Frederick Adam (1781-1853); Sir George Bowyer (1811-53); Benjamin Spence (1822-66), et al. Topics of discussion include: French foreign policy and the law curtailing press freedom; poor-law in England; Socialism; the Siccardi laws; the French invasion; the events of 1848 in Italy; Catholicism in England; law, church and medicine in Italy; ministries of the Piedmont; the battle of Novara; the Piedmontese army; the events in the Chamber of Deputies, 1850; the Sardinian navy; the economic policy of the Piedmontese government; Austrian army; Tuscan politics; Italian architecture; the possibility of a German war; Austria; and 'Italian society of bores'. There are descriptions of the journey to Italy; art and architecture in Italy; and a visit to a ball at Mrs Trollope's [Frances Trollope (1780-1863), novelist mother of Anthony Trollope].
[Published in: Journals Kept in France..., vol. I, pp. 281-352].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visits to Naples and Palermo, 8 December 1850-25 January 1851. Discusses political situation in Naples with: Carlo Troya (1784-1858); Tocqueville; Marchioness Salza [?Lady Strachan]; General Sabatelli; Prince Cometini; Giovanni Manna (1813-65); Marquis Salva; Prince Belmonte; Luigi Blanch (1784-1874); General Filangieri (1784-1867); Prince Radali; Marquis Michage, et al. Topics of discussion include the suppression of foreign newspapers in Naples; Catholicism in England; religious persecution; Neapolitan prisons; 'the disgusting population of Naples'; English foreign policy re. Naples; Poerio's trial; government spies; quarantine regulations; limitations or artistic freedom; the cholera epidemic of 1837; Neapolitan aristocracy; the revolutionary press; trade in Sicily; US asylum for Garibaldi; S's visit to the Palace; and Italian patriotism. There are lengthy descriptions of Neapolitan art, architecture and historical sites, e.g. Pompeii. One of Senior's companions was W. E. Gladstone. The journal also contains a number of remarks in pencil signed by 'H.G.', presumably Mrs Grote.
[Published in: Journal Kept in France..., vol 11, pp. 1-87].

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course IV, No. 4), entitled 'Recapitulation continued'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand; marked 'Fair Copy'.]

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Rome, 23 February-26 April 1851. Political matters are discussed with Alphonse de Rayneval (b. 1813); [?Thomas Milner] Gibson (1806-84); Ampere; Monsignor Talbot [the Pope's secretary]; the Duke of Sermoneta (1804-82); Sir George Philips; Dr Emil Braun (1809-56); Dr Diomede Pantaleone (1810-85); General Zucchi; Prince Esterhazy (1786-1866); Dr Nicholl [possibly John Pringle Nichol (1804-59)]; Pope Pius IX et al. Topics of conversation include French occupation of Rome; Roman art; RC bishoprics in England; Roman aristocracy; the assassination of Rossi; Roman government; the destruction of Borghese gardens; government spies; Neapolitan attack on Rome; Catholicism; prison conditions; Franco-Austrian relations; foreign newspapers; Garibaldi's march against the Neapolitians; Roman tribunals; the Etruscans; the French bombardment of Rome; malaria in Italy; literature; religious attitudes; trade regulations; passport difficulties, etc. There are numerous descriptions of the sights of Rome.
[Published in: Journal Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 87-168].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Sorrento, 25 January-22 February 1851. Discusses state of politics in France with Tocqueville and Jean Jacques Ampere (1800-64). There are also brief conversations with Marquis St. Angelo and Troya. Topics of discussion include the clergy in England; Catholicism in France; celibacy; the clash between the Assembly and Louis Napoleon; constitutions of England and France; the Poor Law Amendment Act; Tocqueville's experiences in Algeria; French writers of the eighteenth century; diplomats of the early nineteenth century; Franco-Italian and Franco-Austrian relations; the Russian army; Poerio's imprisonment; and Franco-Russian relations. There are descriptions of various journeys made by S.
[Published in: Correspondence-, vol. I, pp. 178-243].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 21 December 1851-8 January 1852. The large majority of the conversations relate to Louis Napoleon's coup d'état, with observations on particular events and forecasts of the future. Conversations with: Gallina; the Tocquevilles; Gino Capponi (1792-1876); Say; Faucher; Dunoyer; Sir William Molesworth (1810-55); Lord Wicklow; Anisson Duperron; Lord Normanby; Dumon; Broglie; Nicholas Creton (1798-1864); Lavergne; Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1855); Duchatel; Michel Chevalier; Sumner; Corcelle; Beaumont; M. Ballon (ex-Prefect of Montpelier); M. Chabroll (ex-Representative); M. d'Ozon (ex-clerk in Dept. of Interior); Mrs Grote; Guizot; M. Donoz (Spanish minister in Paris); Wollowski; M. de Circourt; Rivet; Lanjuinais; and Sir Frederick Adam. There is also a conversation with '... a friend whose name I must not mention' about effects on England and in particular on the Whig Party and Palmerston (ff. 6-9; omitted from published edition). Topics of conversation include the Whigs in England; French relations with the rest of Europe; English attitudes to Kossuth; the situation in Belgium and Holland; emigration; limitations on press and mail; the French in Algiers; Russia; and Prussia.
[Published in: (i) Journal Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 224-301, and (ii) Correspondence ..., vol. 11, pp.3-20].

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course V, No. 6), entitled 'Cost of Gold'. [In Nassau William Senior's hand.] NB. The MSS of Course V, lectures 1-5 are missing.

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 8-24 May 1852. It includes conversations with Faucher; Thiers; Say; Guizot; Lavernge; Rivet; Ampere; Lord Cowley (1804-84); Circourt; Edward Ellice (1781-1863); Count Daru (1807-90); Tocqueville [sometimes referred to as 'T.A.']; Lanjuinais; Dumon; Lamartine; Victor Cousin; Barthelemy de St. Hilaire (1805-95); Wollowski; Hippolyte Dussard (1798-1876); Dunoyer; Corcelle, et al. The major topic of conversation is the political situation of France, with comments on the financial state of France; repression and corruption; the possibility of an European war and an invasion of England; possible successors to Louis Napoleon; Louis Napoleon's marriage; politics in England; Cuba and USA; the 'education of young ladies'; and military leaders.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's conversations with Adolphe Thiers in London, 16 November-3 December 1852. It includes comments on Thiers's career as minister to Louis Philippe; the events of 1848; the political situation in Europe, particularly relating to Rome and Austria; the possibility of an invasion of England; military and naval administration in France; and comments on particular statesmen including Palmerston, Gladstone, Aberdeen, Guizot, Duchatel, et al.
[Published in Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing notes on Senior's visit to Brussels, 5-16 April 1852. The major topic of conversation is the political situation in Belgium in relation to the coup d'état in France. Conversations with: Leopold I, King of Belgium (1790-1865); Arrivabene; Conte du Lalaing (b. 1780); Philip de Molinari (1792-1870); Edouard Ducpetiaux (1804-68); Lamoriciere; Charles Rogier (1800-85); Hubert Frère-Orban (1812-96); Mr Gould [US minister in Hawaii], et al. There are conversations on English politics; Belgian agriculture, education, nobility, etc.; political situation in various European countries; Hawaii; and North Africa.
[Published in Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and Other Distinguished Persons During the Second Empire, ed. by M. C. M. Simpson (London, 1878).]

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Wales and Ireland, 12 August-15 October 1852. It includes conversations with Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis (1780-1855); George Cornewall Lewis (1806-63); Lord Monteagle (1790-1866); Stephen Spring Rice (1814-65); William Steuart Trench (1808-72) [Most of the conversations with Trench, an Irish land agent, were excluded from the published edition, presumably because the anecdotes were published by Trench in Realities of Irish Life, 1868]; Lord Rosse (1800-67) [some comments in his hand are to be found in the text, e.g. f.296 verso]; Professor Thomas Romney Robinson (1792-1882); Col. [Sir] Edward Sabine (1788-1883); Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); John Couch Adams (1819-92); C. Otway [possibly John Hastings Otway, Q.C. - known as 'C.O.' in published edition]; Edward Senior (1807-65); Richard Whately [Archbishop of Dublin] (1787-1863), et al. The major topics of conversation relate to the political, administrative, economic and social condition of Ireland. There are lengthy discussions on: emigration; famine; terrorism; religion; education; Poor Law; cholera; astronomy. There are comments on Wales relating to the Poor Law; the Welsh language and the Rebecca riots. There are also descriptions of the Welsh and Irish countryside.
[Mostly published in: (i) M. C. M. Simpson, Many Memories of Many People, pp. 138-147. (ii) Journals, Conversations and Essays relating to Ireland, 2 vols, ed. by M. C. M. Simpson (1843-62), vol. I, pp. 265-313 and vol. II, pp. 1-70].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Paris, 1-31 March 1854. It includes conversations with Dumon, Lamartine, Henri Martin (1810-83); Chrzanowski; Faucher; Buffet; Guizot; Duchatel; Thiers; Lanjuinais; Beaumont; Lord Cowley; Broglie; Lavergne; Cousin; General Delarue-Beaumarchais (1799-1878); Duvergier d'Hauranne; Alfred-François Nettement (b. 1805), Count Flahaut de la Billarderi (1785-1870); Circourt; Mignet; Kergorlay; Montalembert; Berryer, et al. The major topic of conversation is the Eastern Question and the effects of British and French intervention in the Crimean War. There are also comments on military affairs, particularly the relative strengths of the Russian, Turkish and French armies; Italy; the Austrian Empire; the political and economic state of France; the prosecution of Montalembert; and the worship of relics.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers ...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 1-17 May 1854. It includes conversations with: Manin; Mohl; John Lemoinne (1815-92); Lavergne; Grimblot [civil servant]; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Broglie; Viel Castel; Cousin; Flahaut; Lanjuinais; Chrzanowski; Circourt; Thiers; Montalembert, et al. There are conversations on the Crimean War; 'the state of France'; German and Italian unity; China; Palmerston and Louis Philippe; Algeria; Austria; French literature; military matters; and Celtic peoples. There are also 2 appendices: (a) a copy of a letter written by Lord Hardinge (1822-94) commenting on Nassau William Senior's journals; (b) remarks made by Dr Franc of Berlin on Mohl's conversation of May 1 (in French).
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].