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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 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 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 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, 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 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 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'.

Journal, being a copy of extracts from A35.

Journal (2 vols.) containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 6 May-3 June 1860. It includes conversations with Mohl; Remusat; Drouyn de l'Huys; Lavergne; Buffet; Chrzanowski; Mme. Confalonieri; Montalembert; Mme. Cornu; Tourguenief; Guizot; Prince Napoleon; Circourt; Thiers; Broglie; Lafitte; Duc de Gramant (1819-80); Jules Simon; Beaumont; Ampere et al. The discussions relate mainly to the political and diplomatic state of Europe, especially France, Britain, Austria, Italy, Russia, Turkey and Germany. There are also comments on art; Gladstone's budget; Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily; military matters; the Papacy; Tocqueville's letters, etc.
Note: (1) ff. 40-42 should be between ff. 23 and 24; (2) ff. 32-39, 42-52 copy of ff. 17-31, 151-171, 128-150, 257-258, 253-255, 259, 256, 287-289, 280-285, 373-394, 355-372; (3) ff. 32-39 and 43-52 include corrections by Mme. Mohl, and ff. 151-171 include corrections by Montalembert. [Published in Conversations with Distinguished Persons during the Second Empire (1860-3), edited by Mrs M. C. M. Simpson, 2 vols].

Journal, being a copy of A38, ff. 1-223. Note: Senior has written in the journal: 'It is earnestly requested that no part of this journal be copied'.

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, being a copy of A38, ff. 1-223. Note: Senior has written in the journal: 'It is earnestly requested that no part of this journal be copied'.

Journal containing notes [not in Senior's hand, but corrected by him] on Nassau William Senior's visit to France, 25 August-29 September 1860. It includes conversations with: Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868); Chrzanowski; Beaumont; Thiers; A. Chevalier; Simon; Guizot; Corneluis de Witt; Kergorlay; Corcelle; ?Drouyn de l'Huys [?A.B.]; Duvergier d'Hauranne; Changarnier; Barrot; Francois-Adolphe Chambolle (1802- ); Louis-Leonard de Loménie (1818-78); Fenelon; Merimee; Marshall Randon; Cousin; Ampere; Mme. Mohl, et al. Discussions relate mainly to the political situation in Europe, with particular attention being paid to Franco-Austrian relations; the military and political state of Italy; Russia; Turkey; Greece; Spain; Egypt; Hungary; and the Eastern Question. There are also comments on Beaumont's biography of Tocqueville; religion; education; languages; agriculture; and the events in France of 1848-51.
Notes: (1) Frontispiece: calitype photograph of Chartres; (2) S. has written on this journal 'It is requested that no part of this Journal be copied. NWS'; (3) notes [in French] in the hand of Duvergier d'Hauranne on ff. 183-184. [Published in: Conversations... during the Second Empire...].

Comments on recipient's report on the constitutional problems of France; writer and Mrs Senior suffering from 'Parisian grippe' [this paragraph omitted from published edition]. 'Our politics are as flat as possible.' Comments on papal government. 'Gladstone is come back foaming against Naples.' Aberdeen has shown writer a letter from Gladstone criticising Italian governments. Published.

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 28 March-29 April 1861. It includes conversations with: Guizot; the Circourts; Lamartine: Duvergier; Changarnier; Drouyn de l'Huys; Count Jules de Lasteyrie (1810- ); Marquis de Chambrun (1827-80); Beaumont; St. Hilaire; Mme. Cornu; Fenelon; Simon; Vuitry; Count Ladislas Zamoyski (1803-68); Cowley; Lord Clyde (1792-1863); Merimee; Prince Napoleon; Kergorlay; M. Chevalier; Remusat; Lauget; A. Chevalier; Montalembert; Thiers; General Trochu (1815-96); A.B. [? - an American Unionist politician], et al. The conversations relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy. There are also comments on the American Civil War; Tocqueville's letters; British defence; the Papacy; conscription; education; Russia and Poland; military matters; extradition; Germany; and the Duc d'Aumale's letter.
[Published in: Conversations ... during the Second Empire... ].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to France and Switzerland (Tocqueville, Paris and Ouchy), 9 August-11 September 1861. It includes conversations with: Mdme. de Tocqueville; Beaumont; Ampere; Duvergier; Sir William Erle (1793-1880); Marochetti; Marquis Pallavicini; Dr James Alderson (1794-1882), et al. The discussions relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy. There are also comments on Rome; social conditions in Normandy; the French Revolution; the class system in France; French literature; the political career of Tocqueville; the reign of Louis-Philippe; the American Civil War; Switzerland; legal matters; English and French art; and possible successors to Louis Napoleon.
[Published in: (i) Correspondence ... vol. II and (ii) Conversations ... during the Second Empire... ].