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Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Paris, 4-28 February 1854. It includes conversations with: Faucher; Broglie; Thiers; Cousin; Circourt; Abel Villemain (1790-1867); Lavergne; Say; Rivet; Henry Ellis; Dumon; Duvergier de Hauranne; Duchatel; General Wojcieh Chrzanowski [Polish soldier; spelt by S.: Sharnowski]; Odillon Barrot; Count Kergorlay (1769-1856); Comte de Marcellus (b. 1800); Tocqueville ['T.A.'; there is a note by him on f. 178 verso]; Lanjuinais; Lamartine; Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), et al. The major topic of conversation is the Eastern Question and the imminent British and French intervention in the Crimean War. There are also comments on the political and economic situation in France; the political situation in various European countries, including Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Belgium and Russia; Louis Napoleon's character and relationship with his wife and Mrs Howard; military matters.
Attached to the journal is a typescript by Mrs Strachey of the sections omitted from the published edition. The journal also includes numerous comments by 'H.G.', presumably Mrs Grote. [Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 1-31 April 1854 (and also, briefly, to Tocqueville's home at St. Cyr, near Tours). It includes conversations with Chrzanowski; Broglie; Tocqueville; Circourt; Ellice; Say; Dumon; Guizot; Lanjuinais; Thiers; Berryer; Daniele Manin (1804-57); Montalembert, et al. Conversations centre on the Crimean War and its effects, and on Montalembert's trial at which S. was present. There are also comments on Anglo-French relations; centralisation in France; the political situation in Italy and the Austrian Empire; USA and Cuba; andLouis Napoleon's character.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers.]

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Egypt, 18 November-31 December 1855. It includes conversations with: Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-94); Said Pasha (1822-63); Linant Bey [Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds]; Mougel Bey; Lord Canning (1812-62); Sir Frederick Bruce (1814-67); Stephan Bey, et al. Most of the conversations relate to the Suez Canal, as S. accompanied a group of engineers on an international commission to study the feasibility of such a canal. There are descriptions of all aspects of Egyptian life.
[Published in: Conversations and Journals in Egypt and Malta, 2 vols., edited by M. C. M. Simpson].

Journal containing holograph notes by Senior on his visit to Paris, 2-6 March and 18 May-14 June 1855. It includes conversations with: Tocqueville; Thiers; Manin; Merimee; Circourt; Chrzanowski; Ampere; Grimblot; Remusat; Broglie; Auguste Chevalier; Lamartine; Kergorlay; Mme. de Bury; St. Hilaire; Charles de Labaume ('avocat general'); Lavergne; Jules Simon (1814-?96); Mme. Cornu, et al. Topics of conversation include: the Crimean War; the death of Tsar Nicholas; Italy; Spain; Belguim; Africa; Papal power; the Institute; Anglo-French relations; Suez canal; various views on the state of France and of Louis Napoleon. Note: Part of the journal is in the hand of Chrzanowski (ff. 138-142,149-151, 154-155).
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers ...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Algeria, 13 March-17 May 1855. It includes conversations with: Viscomte de Fenelon; Mr Bell (British Consul in Algiers); Baron de Chabaud la Tour; Bishop of Algiers; General Gussuf, et al. There are discussions on and descriptions of Algeria. There are also comments on religion; French officialdom; and he Crimean War.

Journal containing holograph notes made by Senior at Kensington, 28 January-27 February and 7-22 July 1855. It includes conversations with Edward Ellice; Lord Lansdowne; Sir William Hayter (1792-1878); Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot (1808-80); Lord Aberdeen; Mrs Grote; Sir Henry Layard (1817-94); Dr Francis Jeune (1806-68); Sir Edward Colebrooke; Tom Taylor (1817-80); Lord Monteagle; Hastings Russell (1819-91); Lord Overstone (1796-1883); Sir John Mcneill (1795 1883); Sylvain Van de Weyer [Belgian Ambassador to London]; Duke of Argyll (1823-1900); George C. Lewis; Charles Villiers (1802-98); Remusat; John Delane (1817-79); Ralph Bernal Osborne (1808-82); Sir Charles Wood (1800-85), et al. There are conversations on the political difficulties in London; Russell's resignation; European diplomacy; the Crimean War and its repercussions; the Oxford Commission; Civil Service appointments; aristocratic government in England; Italy; andSpain and Portugal. Also included are: (i) an extract from a letter by Tocqueville, dated 22 January 1855 (ff. 3-4) (in French); and (ii) a newspaper cutting from the Times, 5 January 1936, being a letter from G. B. Henderson comparing Russell's resignation with that of Sir Samuel Hoare.
[Published in: Many Memories of Many People, pp. 148-230].

Journal containing a continuation of the notes made by Senior on his visit to Egypt, 1-28 February 1856. It includes conversations with Walne; Lesseps; Edhem Pasha (1815-90); Linant Bey; Gisborne; Bruce; Hekekian Bey; Mougel Bey; Said Pasha; Clot Bey; Cahil Effendi et al. There are conversations on the Suez Canal; Mehemet Ali; religion; and life in Egypt. Included is a copy of a letter from Francis Gisborne to Lord Canning, dated 20 February 1856, relating to the Eastern Telegraph Company.
[Published in: Conversations... in Egypt...].

Journal containing a continuation of the notes made by Senior on his visit to Egypt, 1-30 January 1856. It includes conversations with: Francis Gisborne; Bruce; Hekekian Bey; Cahil Effendi (American vice-consul in Egypt); Walne; Linant Bey; Lesseps, et al. There are comments on the Suez Canal; the Eastern Telegraph Co.; Mehemet Ali; Said Pasha; descriptions and anecdotes on Egyptian life.
[Published in: Conversations ... in Egypt...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Malta, 15 March-10 April 1856. It includes conversations with Sir William Reid (1791-1858); Sir Adrian Dingli (1817-1900); Dr Sciortino; Lieutenant Gatt, et al. There are comments on the Suez Canal; Anglo-Maltese relations; and life in Malta. There are also printed plans of Valetta (ff. 2, 56).
[Published in: Conversations... in Egypt...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Alexandria, Egypt, 2-11 March 1856. It includes conversations with Bruce; Artim Bey; Clot Bey; Said Pasha; Hugh Thurburn; Bedross Effendi, et al. There are comments on the state of Cairo; the laws of the Turkish Empire; Mehemet Ali; the Suez Canal; and Greece. There is also an appendix containing: (i) a record of a conversation between S. and Ferdinand de Lesseps in Paris, 19 May 1856 (ff. 121-122); (ii) a copy of a letter (in French) from Said Pasha to de Lesseps (ff. 123-124); and (iii) a copy of part of a letter from Sir Frederick Bruce, 26 October 1856 (ff. 125-126).
[Published in: Conversations...in Egypt...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Haddo, Scotland, 8-16 September 1856. It includes lengthy conversations with Lord Aberdeen; Arthur Gordon (1829-1912); John Bright (1811-89); Lord Haddo (1816-64); and Sir James Alexander Gordon (1782-1869). There are conversations on various aspects of British and European politics, including: Parliamentary reform; Puseyites; the French alliance; the Government's treatment of the Irish and the Scots; Maynooth; India; the Crimean War and its repercussions for Europe; and Bright's proposed system of government. There are many comments on a number of notable figures, including: Pitt, Wilberforce, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Gladstone, Lord Liverpool, Wellington, Sir Walter Scott, Thiers, et al. On f. 2 is written: 'It is requested that no part of this journal be copied, or be seen by any but, very trustworthy persons. NWS'.
[Published (with notable omissions) in: Many Memories of Many People, pp. 230-266].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 9 April-15 May 1857. It includes conversations with: Tocqueville; Lamartine; Circourt; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Charles Sumner (1811-74)]; Remusat; Thomas Wiltberger Evans (1830-97); Chrzanowski; Dussard; Thiers; Guizot; Pierre Le Play (1806-82); Mérimée; Kergorlay; Manin; Giuseppe Montanelli (1813-62); Dunlon; Alexandre Tourguenief (1784-1845); Montalembert; Buffet; Rivet; Cousin, et al. There are conversations on: Louis Napoleon and Empress Eugenie; monarchists in France; Italy; public speaking; Lamartine; military matters; the Crimean War; the French economy; Suez canal; religion; attempts on Louis Napoleon's life; Mazzini; Austria; the French Revolution; Palmerston; the secret police; Spain, etc. Note: a copy of a letter (in French) from the Duc de Nemours to Duc de Broglie, dated 25 January 1857, is on ff. 20-22.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Therapia [near Constantinople], 13 August-29 October 1857. It includes conversations with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe (1786-1880); Edouard Thouvenal (1818-66); Achmed Vefic Effendi [Turkish Minister of Justice]; Dr John Dickson; Reschid Pasha (1800-58); Ismail Pasha (1830-95); Admiral Sir Adolph Slade (1804-77); Sir John Simmons (1821-1903); Sir William O'Shaughnessy (1809-89), et al. There are conversations in many aspects of life in Turkey, and also on: German society; Tripoli; the Crimean War; the Euphrates telegraph; India; and the future of Turkey. There are plans of St. Sophia (f. 133), the Mosque of Sultan Achmet (f. 137) and Suleimanyah (f. 218).
[Published in: A Journal Kept in Turkey and Greece in the Autumn of 1857 and the beginning of 1858 by N.W. Senior].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Greece (Syra, Athens and Piraeus), 18 November 1857-15 January 1858. It includes conversations with George Finlay (1799-1875); Sir Thomas Wyse (1791-1862); Sir Richard Church (1784-1873); Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791-1865); D. Voudouris [i.e. Dimitrios Boudouris, President of the Chamber of Deputies, 1857-8]; King Otho of Greece (1816-67); Alexander Rangabis (1810-92) et al. There are discussions on: the political and economic state of Greece; the revolution and constitution of 1843; King Otho; the Finlay case; religion, etc.
[Published in: A Journal Kept in Turkey and Greece...].

Journal containing a copy of notes by Senior on his journeys in Asia Minor (the Dardanelles and Smyrna), 31 October-15 November 1857. It includes conversations with Mr Calvert [British Consul in the Dardanelles]; Mr Blunt [British Consul at Smyrna]; Herr Spiegelthal [Russian Consul at Smyrna]; James Whittall [numismatist], et al. There are conversations on the future of Turkey; archaeology; Turkish law; torture; Turkish bandits, etc. Note: The journal is marked by S.: 'It is earnestly requested that no part of this journal be copied'.
[Published in: A Journal Kept in Turkey and Greece...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visits to Paris, 18 January-11 March and 13 April-12 May 1858. It includes conversations with: Cousin; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Montalembert; Lavergne; Mérimée; Drouin de l'Huys; Remusat; Circourt; Broglie; Mohl; Guizot; James Archibald Stewart Wortley (1805-81); Lord Cowley; Baron Marochetti; Tocqueville; Thiers; St. Hilaire; Duchatel; Lanjuinais; Rivet; Corcelle; Dumon; Buffet; Simon; Grimblot; Chrzanowski; Wollowski; Mdme. Cornu; Tourguenief; Hippolyte Passy (1793-1880) et al. The discussions relate mainly to the political, social and economic state of France, with particular emphasis on the Orsini plot; the Law of General Security; Anglo-French relations; Suez Canal; education; military matters; Louis Napoleon; Russia and Austria; Persia; Turkey, etc. There is also a description of Nassau William Senior's journey from Greece to Paris.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Ireland, 3 September-22 November 1858. It includes a conversation with Henry Senior (1794-1861); Lord Rosse; Sir Stephen de Vere (1812-1904); W. S. Trench; Francis Trench; Sir Alexander MacDonnell (1794-1875); William Neilson Hancock (1820-88); Edward Senior; Baron David Richard Pigot (1797-1873); Archbishop Whately. Discussions relate mainly to the social, economic and political problems of Ireland, with particular emphasis being paid to: the Poor Law; the Irish Constabulary; religion; education; RC universities; the Phoenix society; Communism; and the Irish language. There are also conversations on astronomy. A copy of a letter, dated 15 February 1859, from Bishop Fitzgerald to Archbishop Whately, concerning religion and education, is on ff. 188-191 [another copy of the same letter is C834].
[Published in: Journals...Ireland, vol. II, pp. 71-155].

Journal, being a copy of A31 for the period 26 December 1857-15 January 1858. Not in Nassau William Senior's hand but corrected by him. Marked: 'It is requested that no part of this journal be copied. NWS.' Included are 2 calitype photographs of Athens [c. 1860] (ff. 1-2).

Journal containing holograph notes made on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 24 April-23 May 1859. It includes conversations with Cousin; Thiers; Guizot; Auguste Chevalier; Corcelle; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Lavergne; Ampere; Mdme. Cornu; Mohl; Chrzanowski; Dumon; Prince Napoleon (1822-1891); Kergorlay; Merimee; Wollowski; Circourt; Drouin de l'Huys; Broglie; Lanjuinais; Mignet; Jean Baptiste-Pierre Lafitte (1796-1879); Adolphe Vuitry (1812- ); M. L. P. F. Esquiron de Parieu (1815- ); Mdme. de Stael (1766-1817) [sic]; Duchatel; Torguenief; Arrivabene; Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906); Jules Simon (1814-1896) et al. Discussions relate mainly to the political situation in Europe and the possibility of a war involving France, Austria and Italy. There are also comments on Anglo-French relations; military matters; the French economy; the Crimean War; Austria and Russia, etc. A copy of a letter from Marchioness Arconati to Mdme. Mohl, dated April 1, 1859 (in French) is on f. 41.
[Published in: Conversations with M. Thiers...].

Journal, being a copy of A35, ff. 1-128. Note: Senior has written in this journal: 'It is requested that no part of this journal be copied'.